Village · Guadalajara · 1,124 m
Cobeta
Cobeta is a village in the Alto Tajo surrounded by pine forests with a resin-tapping heritage. Its natural landmark is the Barranco del Arandilla, a red sandstone canyon followed by Georuta 3, and its municipality also contains the hermitage of the Virgen de Montesinos and its recreation area.
Rivers and basins
The thread of water from Cobeta
Follow these watercourses towards their confluences, villages, and basin history.
Traces in the village and its surroundings
Which eras you can read here
A single place can preserve traces from different eras. These layers connect what you see with the stories in the atlas.
1936–1939 · memory of the territory
The war in the village memory
The war also reached the work of the pine woods. Among LURE’s resin workers called up for military service were 18 workers from this village. Their story connects the memory of the woods with those who had to leave their trade during the conflict.
Source: Berlanga, capítulo 9, pp. 346–347.
Read the story of the river frontline →Pine forests and sandstone
Cobeta is set among pine forests, and its modern history is tied to resin tapping, a trade the village still celebrates. A few kilometres away, the Arandilla river has carved a canyon through red sandstone, one of the notable ravines in the Park.
What to see
- Barranco del Arandilla, a red sandstone canyon to explore on foot.
- Ermita de la Virgen de Montesinos and its recreation area.
Routes
Georuta 3, from Cobeta to the Arandilla gorge and Ruta BTT 5, passing through the village.
Places in and around Cobeta
Routes linked to Cobeta
Near Cobeta
Dehesa of Olmeda de Cobeta: ancient pollarded Pyrenean oaks
Olmeda de Cobeta
Celtiberian hillfort of Peña Moñuz (Olmeda de Cobeta)
Olmeda de CobetaEthnographic route 3: the chozones of Olmeda de Cobeta
4.75 km · 1.5 h · Circular
Castillo de Alpetea: legend and Spanish Civil War memory
Villar de Cobeta
Ethnographic route 1: the chozones of Ablanque
3 km · 3 h · Linear
Juniper chozones of Ablanque: evolution of pastoral architecture
Ablanque
Puente de San Pedro: where the Tagus and Gallo meet
ZaorejasPopulation of Cobeta, 1842–2021
Cobeta reached a peak of 628 inhabitants in 1897 . In the 2021 census there were 109 , a decrease of 83%. This is the history told in the emptying of the Alto Tajo.
Climate in Cobeta month by month
2015–2024 averages from Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis for an altitude of approx. 1,124 m. Useful for planning, not a substitute for live forecasts.
Location
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Reference villages: Villar de Cobeta · Olmeda de Cobeta · Ablanque · Cuevas Labradas.
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