Quintanilla de las Torres

Quintanilla de las Torres is a town and also a hamlet of the municipality of Pomar de Valdivia in the province of Palencia, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain.

Quintanilla de las Torres
Town
Location of Quintanilla de las Torres in Spain.
Location of Quintanilla de las Torres in Spain.
Location of Quintanilla de las Torres in the province of Palencia.
Location of Quintanilla de las Torres in the province of Palencia.
Coordinates: 42°47′44″N 4°12′55″W
Country Spain
Autonomous community Castile and León
Province Palencia
Municipality Pomar de Valdivia
Elevation
910 m (2,990 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total78
Time zoneCET
Postal code
34811
Website

Geography

Nestled in a hollow formed by the groove through which the river Camesa flows, at 910 meters above sea level, 7 km from Pomar,[1] and 5 km from Aguilar de Campoo. On the P-630 regional road with access from the N-611, parallel to the A-67 highway, it has a halt on the Palencia-Santander railroad line, remodeled by Adif.[2]

Demography

During the industrial revolution, with the arrival of the Palencia-Santander railroad and its connection from Quintanilla through a branch with Barruelo (to transport coal from the mines), the village grew rapidly to 441 inhabitants. In 2013 it had 81 inhabitants, since the disappearance of the important railroad industry caused the population to leave.

Evolution of the population in the 21st century[3]

Vertical bar chart demographic of Quintanilla de las Torres between 2000 and 2020
  Population by right (2000-2020) according to the municipal census of the INE

History

At the fall of the Ancien Régime, the town became a constitutional municipality[4] and in the 1842 census it had 7 households and 36 residents, to later[5] become part of Villarén de Valdivia.

Tourism

In this town is located the Posada de Campoo,[6] a hotel that occupies the old schools and an old building from the 18th century that has been restored.

References
  1. Wikimapia, [1]
  2. Improvements in the Quintanilla de las Torres station building. nortecastilla.es
  3. Nomenclature: Population of the Continuous Census by Population Unit as of January 1.
  4. Municipality Code INE -345087
  5. Between the 1857 census and the previous census.
  6. "La posada de Campoo". Archived from the original on 5 July 2015.


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