Villoslada de Cameros

Villoslada de Cameros municipality
Villoslada de Cameros - town view
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	La Rioja
Province :	La Rioja
Comarca :	Camero Nuevo
Coordinates	42 ° 7 ′  N , 2 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 7 ′  N , 2 ° 40 ′  W
Height :	1040  msnm
Area :	94.71 km²
Residents :	324 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	3.42 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	26125
Municipality number  ( INE ):	26177
administration
Website :	Villoslada de Cameros

Villoslada de Cameros is a mountain town and part of the populous Serranía Celtibérica municipality ( municipio ) with only 324 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the autonomous community of La Rioja in northern Spain .

Location and climate

The place Villoslada de Cameros is located on the upper reaches of the Río Iregua on the northwestern edge of the Parque Natural Sierra de Cebollera about 50 km (driving distance) southwest of the provincial capital Logroño at an altitude of about 1040  m . Soria , the capital of the old Castilian province of the same name , is located approx. 56 km southeast. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 615 mm / year) falls mainly in winter.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2018
Residents	1,149	722	666	388	325

As a result of the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting lower demand for labor, the number of inhabitants has steadily decreased since the middle of the 19th century.

economy

For centuries, the community was oriented towards agriculture for the purpose of self-sufficiency , with livestock farming (milk, cheese, meat) in the foreground. Today holiday apartments (casas rurales) are rented out mainly in the summer months .

history

Celtiberian , Roman , Visigoth and even Islamic-Moorish traces of settlement - with the exception of a late Roman grave stele - were not discovered in the municipality. The high-lying area served as summer pasture for sheep and goats for centuries . A military reconquest ( reconquista ) by the Christians did not take place, but the place was gradually settled as part of the Repoblación . In the Middle Ages, the region was disputed between the kingdoms of Castile and the Kingdom of Navarre .

Attractions

late Roman grave stele

• At the highest point of the place is the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Del Sagrario, built in the 17th century using parts of a previous building . The simple portal and the font (pila bautismal) of the medieval church are still preserved. The late Baroque altar retable (retablo) in the Churrigueresque style is covered during Lent with a large Lenten cloth (sarga) with Flemish-Westphalian paintings of the Passion of Christ from 1560; the cloth is one of the very few surviving specimens of its kind in Spain.
• A multi-arched medieval stone bridge, which was later renewed, crosses the Río Iregua.
• The mostly cobbled streets of the village are accompanied by impressive, partly plastered houses.

Surroundings

• There are several chapels (ermitas) in and around the village .
• On the Cerro de San Cristóbal there is a late Roman grave stele made of light granite with Latin and Celtiberian characters that can hardly be deciphered . The central part of the stele, elevated by a gable field with a central rosette and lateral acroters, shows three figures.

Web links

Commons : Villoslada de Cameros  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Villoslada de Cameros - Photos + Quick Facts (Spanish)
• Valle del Iregua - Photos + Quick Facts (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. ↑ Villoslada de Cameros - climate tables
3. ↑ Villoslada de Cameros - Population Development
4. ↑ Villoslada de Cameros - History and Sights
5. ↑ Villoslada de Cameros - Church and altar curtain