Barromán facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Barromán
municipality
Church Mudéjar of the Assumption
Coat of arms
Extension of the municipal term within the province of Ávila
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Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castile and León
Province	Ávila
Municipality	Barromán
Area
• Total	20.03 km2 (7.73 sq mi)
Elevation	800 m (2,600 ft)
Population  (2018)
• Total	186
• Density	9.286/km2 (24.05/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Barromán is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2023 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 176 inhabitants.

Geography

The rivers are the Zapardiel River [es], a tributary of the Douro (Duero) and Valtodano [es], a tributary of the Zapardiel. Camilo José Cela, in his book Jews, Moors and Christians , narrates a trip he made through the lands of Segovia and Ávila, between 1946 and 1952. One of the places he passed through was Barromán.

According to popular tradition, the place name is a contraction of the word "Lugar de Román" in old Castilian. It was incorporated into Castile and repopulated by Castilian settlers in the 11th century , with no known settlement prior to the reconquest, although remains of Roman buildings have been found in two nearby municipalities (Palacios de Goda and Bercial de Zapardiel) that probably continued to be used in Visigothic times and were finally abandoned after the Islamic invasion.

Heritage

Church of the Assumption, in Mudejar style (apse-tower) from the 12th or 13th centuries, possibly the remains of a castle or a watchtower, and main nave from the 16th century. The entire church is built on a gentle hill or mound from which it dominates almost the entire town.

Population

See also

In Spanish: Barromán para niños