Palomero
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Palomero is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2007 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 498 inhabitants.
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Physical geography
The situation of this municipality stands out, since it is surrounded by the most beautiful landscapes in the north of the province of Cáceres (Sierra de Gata, Valle del Jerte, Las Hurdes and Valle del Ambroz). The northern part of the territory is mainly mountainous, highlighting the hills of La Orden and Las Barreras, with an altitude of just over 786m (sastre hill). The southern part of the municipality is less mountainous, although the terrain is undulating with small hills.
The closest towns are Marchagaz (3 km), Cerezo and El Bronco (6 km), Santa Cruz de Paniagua (9 km), Casar de Palomero (10 km) and Mohedas de Granadilla (12 km). Plasencia, which is the commercial and industrial center of the northern zone and head of the judicial district, is about 45 km away and Cáceres capital about 115 km. Salamanca is located about 130 km.
The north of its municipal term limits with the municipalities of Marchagaz and Casar de Palomero, the south with the term of Cerezo, the west with Santa Cruz de Paniagua and the east again with Cerezo and Casar de Palomero.
History
Its origins are not well defined, although it is certainly an ancient population, since tombs without inscriptions have been found whose characteristics are not those expected from Christian or Muslim rites, and therefore, they suppose a much earlier origin. There is a document from 1030 (of doubtful origin) in which Casar de Palomero (houses of Palomero), Palomero and Marchagaz (a nearby town) are mentioned as municipalities dependent on the convent of Sancti Spíritus de Salamanca, to which they ceded as vassalage a series of products on the date of Nativity. A little later, is a document delimiting the terms of a domain known as Palumbarium (which could be referred to Palomero) and Granata, later known as Granadilla. It is known that there was a castle at the top of the Altamira peak, in the Sierra de Santa Bárbara, later destroyed in 1489 by order of Queen Isabel the Catholic and at the request of the Sancti Spíritus Commander.
Given that there is reliable evidence of Roman occupation in nearby towns, it can be assumed that it must also have been a Roman settlement, given the proximity of towns such as Cáparra, where there are excavations and important archaeological sites of Roman origin (there is an interesting center of interpretation).
A series of unclassified remains have also appeared, such as pipes and the previously described tombs, which could help to better understand the history of the municipality.
It is mistakenly interpreted that Palomero belonged to the House of Alba, as reflected in its current and wrong coat of arms, but in reality it was never like that. Nor is it true that it belonged to Granadilla (Granata) and in fact there are abundant documents that prove it, such as the delimitation of terms between the two towns in the Late Middle Ages and that "Granata" appears later than "Palumbarium".
Demography
Palomero ha tenido los siguientes datos de población desde 1900:[2]
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ «Poblaciones de hecho desde 1900 hasta 1991. Cifras oficiales de los Censos respectivos.». INE. Consultado el 21 de junio de 2011. ↑ «Series de población desde 1996. Cifras oficiales de la Revisión anual del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero de cada año.». INE. Consultado el 21 de junio de 2011.
- «Poblaciones de hecho desde 1900 hasta 1991. Cifras oficiales de los Censos respectivos.». INE. Consultado el 21 de junio de 2011.
- ↑ «Series de población desde 1996. Cifras oficiales de la Revisión anual del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero de cada año.». INE. Consultado el 21 de junio de 2011.
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- Alcollarín
- Alcuéscar
- Aldea del Cano
- Aldeacentenera
- Aldeanueva de la Vera
- Aldeanueva del Camino
- Aldehuela de Jerte
- Alía
- Aliseda
- Almaraz
- Almoharín
- Arroyo de la Luz
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- Arroyomolinos de la Vera
- Baños de Montemayor
- Barrado
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- Bohonal de Ibor
- Botija
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- Cabezuela del Valle
- Cabrero
- Cáceres
- Cachorrilla
- Cadalso
- Calzadilla
- Caminomorisco
- Campillo de Deleitosa
- Campo Lugar
- Cañamero
- Cañaveral
- Carbajo
- Carcaboso
- Carrascalejo
- Casar de Cáceres
- Casar de Palomero
- Casares de las Hurdes
- Casas de Don Antonio
- Casas de Don Gómez
- Casas de Millán
- Casas de Miravete
- Casas del Castañar
- Casas del Monte
- Casatejada
- Casillas de Coria
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- Ceclavín
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- Coria
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- Deleitosa
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- Eljas
- Escurial
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- Garciaz
- Garganta la Olla
- Gargantilla
- Gargüera de la Vera
- Garrovillas de Alconétar
- Garvín
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- Guadalupe
- Guijo de Coria
- Guijo de Galisteo
- Guijo de Granadilla
- Guijo de Santa Bárbara
- Herguijuela
- Hernán-Pérez
- Herrera de Alcántara
- Herreruela
- Hervás
- Higuera
- Hinojal
- Holguera
- Hoyos
- Huélaga
- Ibahernando
- Jaraicejo
- Jaraíz de la Vera
- Jarandilla de la Vera
- Jarilla
- Jerte
- La Aldea del Obispo
- La Cumbre
- La Garganta
- La Granja
- La Pesga
- Ladrillar
- Logrosán
- Losar de la Vera
- Madrigal de la Vera
- Madrigalejo
- Madroñera
- Majadas
- Malpartida de Cáceres
- Malpartida de Plasencia
- Marchagaz
- Mata de Alcántara
- Membrío
- Mesas de Ibor
- Miajadas
- Millanes
- Mirabel
- Mohedas de Granadilla
- Monroy
- Montánchez
- Montehermoso
- Moraleja
- Morcillo
- Navaconcejo
- Navalmoral de la Mata
- Navalvillar de Ibor
- Navas del Madroño
- Navezuelas
- Nuñomoral
- Oliva de Plasencia
- Palomero
- Pasarón de la Vera
- Pedroso de Acim
- Peraleda de San Román
- Peraleda de la Mata
- Perales del Puerto
- Pescueza
- Piedras Albas
- Pinofranqueado
- Piornal
- Plasencia
- Plasenzuela
- Portaje
- Portezuelo
- Pozuelo de Zarzón
- Puerto de Santa Cruz
- Rebollar
- Riolobos
- Robledillo de Gata
- Robledillo de Trujillo
- Robledillo de la Vera
- Robledollano
- Romangordo
- Rosalejo
- Ruanes
- Salorino
- Salvatierra de Santiago
- San Martín de Trevejo
- Santa Ana
- Santa Cruz de Paniagua
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra
- Santa Marta de Magasca
- Santiago de Alcántara
- Santiago del Campo
- Santibáñez el Alto
- Santibáñez el Bajo
- Saucedilla
- Segura de Toro
- Serradilla
- Serrejón
- Sierra de Fuentes
- Talaveruela de la Vera
- Talaván
- Talayuela
- Tejeda de Tiétar
- Tiétar
- Toril
- Tornavacas
- Torre de Don Miguel
- Torre de Santa María
- Torrecilla de los Ángeles
- Torrecillas de la Tiesa
- Torrejón el Rubio
- Torrejoncillo
- Torremenga
- Torremocha
- Torreorgaz
- Torrequemada
- Trujillo
- Valdastillas
- Valdecañas de Tajo
- Valdefuentes
- Valdehúncar
- Valdelacasa de Tajo
- Valdemorales
- Valdeobispo
- Valencia de Alcántara
- Valverde de la Vera
- Valverde del Fresno
- Viandar de la Vera
- Villa del Campo
- Villa del Rey
- Villamesías
- Villamiel
- Villanueva de la Sierra
- Villanueva de la Vera
- Villar de Plasencia
- Villar del Pedroso
- Villasbuenas de Gata
- Zarza de Granadilla
- Zarza de Montánchez
- Zarza la Mayor
- Zorita
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