Nogarejas, also Nogarejas de la Valdería. Village in the municipality of
Castrocontrigo
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, in the South-West area of the
Province of León, Spain. The road LE-125 (
La Bañeza
La Bañeza () is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2010 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 11,050 inhabitants.
It is the capital of the region of Tierra de La Bañeza.
Zo ...
to
Puebla de Sanabria
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It is the economic and political centre of the ''comarca'' of Sanabria.
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) drives to Nogarejas, and also the LE-133, getting there from the South and the village of
Rionegro del Puente
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(
Zamora, Spain). The river Codes crosses
the village from the North-West, just before flowing into the River Eria, which gives its name to the whole region (Valderia: Val d’Eria or Eria Valley).
In the year 2009 it counted 298 inhabitants.
Origins
The findings of tégulas allow to assert that in the place there were Roman settlements. And the existence of the village of Nogarejas is documented from, at least, 1159.
In June 1199, there is a “litterae executoria” of
Pope Innocent III in relation to a claim on the payment of
tithes between the
Bishop of
Astorga and the
monastery of
San Esteban de Nogales
San Esteban de Nogales is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE
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.
It seems that, for many centuries, a few shepherds from the nearby village of San Esteban de Nogales, travelled to the Eria River and streams that converge in search of pastures for their livestock, during the summer. The prairies so occupied were called “Nogalejas” because of their origin of (San Esteban de) Nogales.
And, according to Paramio, toponymic evidence suggests that the inhabitants of San Esteban de Nogales had to do with the founding of the town, whose name would be evolving from “Nogarelas” to “Nogareyas” and finally “Nogarexas”, before the current Nogarejas.
According to Vicenta Fernandez Marcos the voice of Nogarejas is a derivative of “nogal“, whose diminutive suffix, which has a derogatory value, comes from the
Latin - ecula. This voice is credited the meaning of walnut.
The
Modern Age
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has been especially useful to provide information on the history of Nogarejas, whose economy was farming, was organized politically through councils, with mayors at front, and fought their independence at that time from the
Corregidor
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of
Castrocalbón
Castrocalbón () is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2010 census (INE
INE, Ine or ine may refer to:
Institutions
* Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center
* ...
.
Local Economy
The lands of Nogarejas belonged to the House of Alba y Aliste, even after the abolition of Lordships.
Already in the 20th century the economy was based on the
resin exploitation of its
pine forests, reaching two resin factories in production simultaneously.
Currently both factories are closed.
Gallery
File:2005_Nogarejas_La_Cruz.jpg, The Cross
File:Ermita de San Lorenzo, Nogarejas (León, España).jpg , La Ermita
File:20100124 Nogarejas.jpg, River Codes
File:Nogarejas Panorama Eria 20050326.jpg, River Eria
References
Links
{{commons category, Nogarejas
Web of the Council of Nogarejas
Populated places in the Province of León