Villariezo

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Villariezo municipality
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Villariezo (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile and Leon
Province : Burgos
Comarca : Alfoz de Burgos
Coordinates 42 ° 16 ′  N , 3 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 16 ′  N , 3 ° 44 ′  W
Height : 879  msnm
Area : 10.24 km²
Residents : 644 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 62.89 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 09195
Municipality number  ( INE ): 09458
administration
Website : Ayuntamiento de Villariezo villariezo.burgos.es/ Ayuntamiento de Villariezo

Villariezo is a municipality ( municipio ) with 644 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Burgos in the northern Spanish autonomous region of Castile and León .

location

Villariezo is located in a valley of the Castilian plateau ( meseta ) through which the Río Ausin flows at an altitude of about 880 meters above sea level. d. M. and is about eleven kilometers (driving distance) in a south-westerly direction from the city of Burgos . The neighboring village of Villagonzalo Pedernales is just under six kilometers to the north.

Population development

year 1960 1970 1981 1991 2001
Residents 212 152 155 152 320

In the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th century the population fluctuated around 300 people. Thereafter, the mechanization of agriculture led to the migration of a large part of the population to the cities. The comparatively cheap land prices led to the construction of housing estates and allowed the population of the place to grow again around the turn of the millennium.

economy

The region has been largely shaped by agriculture for centuries. At the end of the 20th century, two industrial areas ( poligonos industriales ) were designated.

history

The place Villa de Eriezo is mentioned for the first time in a document from the year 969 and belonged in the Middle Ages to the manor ( señorio ) of the nearby monasteries Las Huelgas Reales and San Pedro de Cardeña ; then the Archdiocese of Burgos acted as landlord. This situation did not change until the abolition of the monasteries and the medieval manors ( desamortisación ) in Spain.

Attractions

  • The Iglesia de San Pedro Cátedra , a simple classical building from the late 18th century, stands on a hill above the town. According to tradition, it was two stonemasons who planned and erected the building , which was made of precisely hewn natural stones. The bell tower is from a previous building from 1702. The entrance is - as usual in the region - on the south side of the nave. Inside the polygonal apse is a baroque altarpiece .
  • A hermit chapel ( Ermita de San Isidro ) was built in 1859 on the town's main square ( Plaza Mayor ).
  • A little outside there is a ' wayside cross' ( crucero ) on a stepped base; the monument is also reminiscent of a court column ( rollo or picota ) as can be found more often in the area.
  • Two hermit churches ( Ermita de San Juan y Santa María and Ermita de Santo Tomás ) are in the vicinity of the place. It is believed that they once belonged to two different monasteries, none of which has survived.
  • A double-arched stone bridge from the 18th or 19th century spans the Río Ausín.

Web links

Commons : Villariezo  - 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).