Clares
Clares | |
|---|---|
 View of Clares in 2007 | |
| Coordinates: 41°02′06″N 2°08′34″W / 41.0351°N 2.1427°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castile-La Mancha |
| Province | Guadalajara |
| Municipality | Maranchón |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.2 km2 (6.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,281 m (4,203 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 8 |
| • Density | 0.47/km2 (1.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | soydeclares |
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.
Geography
[edit]Location
[edit]Clares is in the north of the Guadalajara province, 108 km from the provincial capital.
Demography
[edit]The population, as of 1 January 2021, is of 8 inhabitants.[1]
Climate
[edit]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
[edit]Clares' highest point is the Alto del Monte (1362 m), and its lowest point is in Valdeclares (1280 m). The origin of the Tajuña River is near the village.
Flora
[edit]Clares belongs to the Praramera de Maranchón.
Traditional Celebrations
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Local Church
- Ermita de San Roque
- Ermita de la Virgen del Lluvio
- Bread oven
How to get to Clares
[edit]
By Car
[edit]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
[edit]The line Madrid / Guadalajara / Teruel / Valencia has a stop in Maranchón, 6 km from Clares.
By train
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Nomenclátor: Población del Padrón Continuo por unidad poblacional" [continuous census population for each settlement]. INE (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- Bibliography
- PÉREZ TABERNERO and BARBA MAYORAL. Historia y tradiciones de Clares Asociación de Vecinos y Amigos de Clares y Ayuntamiento de Maranchón. Maranchón, 1999.