Villalba de Duero

Villalba de Duero municipality
Villalba de Duero - Iglesia de San Miguel
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Ribera del Duero
Coordinates	41 ° 41 ′  N , 3 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′  N , 3 ° 45 ′  W
Height :	800  msnm
Area :	13.75 km²
Residents :	699 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	50.84 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09443
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09438
administration
Website :	Villalba de Duero

Villalba de Duero is a town in northern Spain and a municipality ( municipio ) with about 699 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the south of the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile-León .

Location and climate

The place Villalba de Duero is located in the Duero Valley at an altitude of about 800  m . The city of Burgos is just under 85 km (driving distance) north; Aranda de Duero is about 6 km southeast. The climate in winter is often harsh, but in summer it is mostly temperate and warm; Rain (approx. 460 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	673	554	562	595	673

The mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms led to a lack of jobs in the village itself and in the surrounding villages since the 1950s, which could, however, be compensated for by the proximity to the city of Aranda de Duero.

economy

In earlier times, Villalba de Duero was a largely self-sufficient farming village in the Duero Valley; however, the wines produced here could be shipped across the river to Porto . The place is now part of the Ribera del Duero wine region . At the Duero there is a hydroelectric power station (Central hidroeléctrica de La Recorba) .

history

No evidence has yet been found from the Celtic , Roman , Visigothic and Islamic periods. In the 8th and early 9th centuries, the area was under Islamic-Moorish influence, but the area was neither permanently settled nor defended to a greater extent by the Berbers due to the unusually harsh and rainy climate . At the end of the 9th century, the Castilian Count Diego Rodríguez Porcelos received from King Alfons III. of Asturias the order to repopulate ( repoblación ) the depopulated land. From around 910 until the end of the Caliphate of Córdoba (1031), the Duero formed the border between the Christian sphere of influence in the north and the Islamic sphere in the south. The place is first mentioned in a document in 1244.

Church portal

Attractions

• Only attraction of the place is built around the mid-18th century and the Archangel Michael consecrated Iglesia de San Miguel Arcangel . The three-part bell gable (espadaña) and the imposing south portal in classical style are noteworthy. The nave (nature) has a vaulted ceiling .
• Two chapels (Virgen del Prado and San Pedro) are on the outskirts.

Web links

Commons : Villalba de Duero  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Villalba de Duero - photos + information (wikiburgos, spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
2. ↑ Villalba de Duero - climate tables
3. ^ Villalba de Duero - population development
4. ↑ Villalba de Duero - History