Villar del Río

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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile LeonCastile and León Castile and León
Province : Soria
Comarca : Comarca de Tierras Altas (Soria)
Coordinates 42 ° 5 ′  N , 2 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 5 ′  N , 2 ° 21 ′  W
Height : 1010  msnm
Area : 127.03 km²
Residents : 139 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 1.09 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 42173
Municipality number  ( INE ): 42209
administration
Website : Villar del Río

Villar del Río is a small mountain village and at the same time the center of a municipality (municipio ) consisting of about 8 inhabited hamlets (pedanías) with a total of only 139 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the Spanish province of Soria in the autonomous community of Castile-León .

location

The individual places of the municipality of Villar del Río are located in the barren mountain landscape in the northeast of the province of Soria on the Río Cidacos and its source streams at an altitude of approx. 1000 to 1375  m . The distance to the provincial capital Soria is about 43 km (driving distance) in a southerly direction. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 625 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2000 2017
Residents 340 337 267 180 143

The mechanization of agriculture and the increasing aridity of the mountain region led to a loss of jobs, which in turn triggered a rural exodus.

economy

With the exception of barley , hardly any grain was possible to grow on the barren soils of the cold plateaus of the Soria province . For centuries the population lived from the breeding of sheep and goats, from whose milk cheese was made, which after laborious transport could be sold at the market in Soria or exchanged for flour, etc. The wool of the sheep was spun and in winter it was woven into lengths of fabric from which simple clothing was made; Goat hair was suitable for making weatherproof throws (ponchos) or for sacks, ropes, etc.

history

The Celts , Romans and Visigoths have left no archaeologically usable traces; It was probably hunters and shepherds who first discovered the high valleys of the later community. The oldest written evidence of the existence of the place comes from the Middle Ages, when the area belonged to the Comunidad de Villa y Tierra de Yanguas .

Attractions

  • Dinosaur tracks have been discovered on a hill near Villar del Río, as well as elsewhere in the municipality . An information center (Aula Paleontológica) was set up.
  • The single nave, but with a transept , Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Vado was built in the 16th century in Gothic style .
  • Some hamlets still have a stone church .

Others

The film Welcome, Mr. Marshall , shot in 1952 , is set in Villar del Río, although all the outdoor shots were shot in the central Spanish village of Guadalix de la Sierra .

Web links

Commons : Villar del Río  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Villar del Río - climate tables
  3. ↑ Villar del Río - population development
  4. ↑ Villar del Río - history etc.
  5. ^ Villar del Río - Aula Paleontológica
  6. ↑ Villar del Río - Church