Zuñeda

Zuñeda municipality
Zuñeda - town view
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	La Bureba
Coordinates	42 ° 36 ′  N , 3 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 36 ′  N , 3 ° 14 ′  W
Height :	725  msnm
Area :	12.14 km²
Residents :	56 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	4.61 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09245
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09485
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Website :	Zuñeda

Zuñeda is a village with only 56 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the Comarca La Bureba in the east of the province of Burgos within the autonomous community of Castile-León in Spain .

Location and climate

The place Zuñeda at the confluence of several streams (arroyos) at an altitude of about 725  m . The provincial capital Burgos is about 56 km (driving distance) in a south-westerly direction. The places worth seeing Briviesca and Pancorbo are approx. 14 km southwest and 15 km northeast respectively. The climate is temperate to warm; The rain, which is abundant by Spanish standards (approx. 705 mm / year) falls - with the exception of the rather dry summer months - over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	307	207	293	84	58

The population numbers, which have fallen significantly since the 1950s, can be seen as a result of the mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms.

economy

The area of ​​Comarca La Bureba has been a wheat-growing area since ancient times, but sunflowers and legumes are also sown.

history

It is believed that the history of the place goes back to the 9th century. The origins could be related to a Roman villa, which was located in the municipality on the former Roman road Aquitaine - Finisterre . The name Zuñeda, as we use it today, can be read for the first time on a parchment in the Benedictine monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña on May 19, 1085.

Attractions

• The town gate Torreón de influencia mudéja, from which towers and battlements are still preserved, belongs to the townscape . It dates from the 16th century.
• To the east is the church of San Andrés from the 17th century. The gate has three floors inside, which are separated by wooden beams. Access to the tower was through a door in the southeast and another one on the north side. The former is badly damaged.

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. ↑ Zuñeda - climate tables
3. ^ Zuñeda - population development
4. ↑ Zuñeda - History