Navaleno

Updated on Jan 05, 2024

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Country Spain Comarca Comarca de Pinares Demonym(s) navalenenses Elevation 1,105 m Local time Thursday 12:02 AM Province Province of Soria		Autonomous community Castile and León Judicial district Soria Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 25.03 km² Population 846 (2014)

Weather -1°C, Wind W at 16 km/h, 91% Humidity

Navaleno, which means "Meadow of Hay", is a municipality located to the northwest of the province of Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, in Spain.

Map of 42149 Navaleno, Soria, Spain

Geography

Altitude: 1,105 meters. Latitude: 41° 49 ' 59 " N. Longitude: 003° 00 ' 00 ".

Located in the zone of Low Pine Groves (Pinares Bajos) between the mountain ranges of Urbión and Resomo by the north, the mountain ranges of Nafria to the south and Cabrejas to the east.

It belongs to the jurisdiction district of Soria, and is crossed by the road N-234 (Burgos-Soria), main communication way of the zone.

Population: 974 inhabitants according to the National Institute of Statistic (2005).

It considerably increases the population in summer for being site of leisure, ideal for senders.

History

It belongs to the "Hermandad de la Cabaña Real de Carreteros, Burgos-Soria", (Brotherhood of the Royal Route of Cartwrights Burgos--Soria), created in the 15th century during the reign of Catholic Monarchs.

The Parish Church is dedicated to "San Esteban Protomártir".

Economy

The economy comes mainly from the forest industry for the creation of furniture, plank, board etc. Formerly great part of the population was dedicated to the transport of carts, like the neighbour villages. Navaleno and the zone are well known by the abundance and mycological quality that is in its pine groves.

Curiosities

As peculiar data, rolled a scene of the film Doctor Zhivago of David Lean, in the railway station, and had to improvise artificial snow that year because it didn't snow when they wanted to roll the scenes.