Yécora

Yécora
Yécora - town center
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Basque Country
Province :	Álava
Comarca :	Cuadrilla de Laguardia-Rioja Alavesa
Coordinates	42 ° 34 ′  N , 2 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 34 ′  N , 2 ° 28 ′  W
Height :	694  msnm
Area :	18.80 km²
Residents :	268 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	14.26 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	01322
Municipality number  ( INE ):	01060
administration
Website :	Yécora

Yécora ( Basque : Iekora ) is a place and a municipality ( municipio ) with 268 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Álava in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country in northern Spain . The place belongs to the Rioja wine-growing region .

location

The place Yécora is located on a hill at an altitude of about 695 meters above sea level. d. M. in the east of the province of Alava near the border with the Autonomous Community of Navarre . The closest major city is Logroño , about 15 kilometers (driving distance) south ; the lovely small town of Laguardia , to which Yécora belonged until the 17th century, is about 18 kilometers to the west.

Population development

year	1960	1970	1981	1991	2001	2011
Residents	466	315	214	243	260	286

Until the middle of the 20th century, the community usually had well over 500 inhabitants. The mechanization of agriculture in particular then led to a drop in the number of inhabitants to the lowest levels in the 1980s.

economy

In the early centuries, the inhabitants lived mainly on the agricultural products of the surrounding area, which also included wine. The increasing importance of viticulture and wine tourism in the Rioja has had a positive effect on employment again in recent decades.

history

Celts , Romans , Visigoths and Moors - despite the proximity to the Ebro Valley - left no archaeologically usable traces on the municipal area. The place probably first arose in the course of recapturing ( reconquista ) and resettlement ( repoblación ) of the occupied territories from the Moors in the 10th and 11th centuries; in documents from this time the place is mentioned under the name Equora or Ecora . In 1461, the disputed region between Castile and Navarre was conquered by Henry IV of Castile and finally annexed to the Spanish crown in 1512 by the troops of Ferdinand of Aragon . In 1669 the Spanish King Charles II granted the place independence.

Attractions

• In the center there are several houses built from quarry stones from the 15th to the 20th century.
• The parish church ( Iglesia de San Juan Bautista ) was built from the 14th to the 16th century - the flat-closing apse and the bell tower ( campanar ) date from the 14th century ; the other components were completed later.
• On the outskirts there is a medieval fountain surround ( Fuente Vieja ), which was enriched in the 19th century with a washbasin ( lavadero ).
• The modern El Truchal building houses a 19th century oil mill .
• A vaulted ice cellar ( nevera ) has also been preserved.

outside

• The Ermita de Bercijana , which stands outside the village, is a late Gothic building from the 15th century.
• There are several stone huts ( chozas or casillas ) distributed over the municipality , which were mainly used to guard the vines shortly before and during the harvest .

Web links

Commons : Yécora-Ekora  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Yécora, church - photos + brief information (spanish)
• Yécora, Fuente - Photos + Info (Spanish)
• Yécora, Ermita - photo + info (Spanish)
• Yécora, Nevera - photo + information (Spanish)
• Yécora, field stone huts - photos, drawings + information (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).