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Country
  
Province
  
Guadalajara

Elevation
  
1,281 m (4,203 ft)

Autonomous community
  
Castile-La Mancha

Municipality
  
Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Clares

Clares is a small village in the Guadalajara province, incorporated since 1969 in the Maranchón municipality, belonging to the Señorio de Molina-Alto Tajo region in the autonomous community of Castilla - La Mancha (Spain).

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Location

Clares is in the north of the Guadalajara province, 108 km from the provincial capital.

Demography

The population, as of 1 January 2008, is 20.

Climatology

The annual average temperature is 8-10 °C, and the average temperature of the hottest month in the summer is less than 25 °C. The total annual amount of precipitation is about 500 mm, with two peaks in spring and autumn.

Orography

Clares´ highest point is the Alto del Monte (1362m), and its lowest point is in Valdeclares (1280m). The origin of the Tajuña River is near the village.

Flora

Clares belongs to the Praramera de Maranchón.

Traditional Celebrations

  • Burning of "el Judas"
  • Virgen del Lluvio (Virgin of the Rain)
  • San Roque
  • Virgen del Rosario (Virgin of the Rosary)
  • El Ojeo (the beating)
  • Interesting buildings

  • Local Church
  • Ermita de San Roque
  • Ermita de la Virgen del Lluvio
  • Bread oven
  • By Car

    Take exit 135 on road A-2, then enter N211 and continue there 21 km until you reach Maranchón. Then you take road GU-408 to Clares / Codes / Balbacil / Valle del Mesa. Then, 700m later, take GU-407 to Clares / Balbacil. Finally, take the entrance to Clares.

    By bus

    The line Madrid / Guadalajara / Teruel / Valencia has a stop in Maranchón, 6 km from Clares.

    By train

    The nearest train stations are in Medinaceli (32 km, roads: SO-411, GU-411, N-211, GU-408 y GU-407) and in Arcos de Jalón (30 km, roads: SO-P-3009, GU-405, N-211, GU-408 y GU-407), both of them are on the Madrid - Zaragoza line.

    References

    Clares Wikipedia


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