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Village · Guadalajara · 1,128 m

Fuentelsaz

Fuentelsaz is a village in the north of the Señorío de Molina, within the Molina-Alto Tajo Geopark. About 500 metres from the village lies its stratotype, chosen in 2000 by the International Union of Geological Sciences as the global reference for the boundary between the Lower and Middle Jurassic, around 175 million years ago.

Fuentelsaz square with a stone fountain, leafless trees and surrounding houses.
Square and fountain in Fuentelsaz del Campo. Photo: «Fuentelsaz otono», Blancagotor (2011) · CC0 1.0

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.

What to see

The stratotype of Fuentelsaz, one of the few places in Spain chosen as a global standard for measuring geological time.

It lies somewhat apart from the central core of the Alto Tajo, about 20 km from Canales de Molina and Herrería: combine it with a visit to Molina de Aragón.

Places in and around Fuentelsaz

Geosite

Fuentelsaz Stratotype: a global geological reference standard

Fuentelsaz

Routes linked to Fuentelsaz

Route

PR-GU 12: the Fuentelsaz Kite and the Stratotype

13.9 km · Circular

Near Fuentelsaz

Heritage · 4.1 km straight-line distance away

Milmarcos: manor houses, Mannerist altarpiece, and a theatre of a prosperous town

Milmarcos
Route · 4.1 km straight-line distance away

PR-GU 11: the ancient trail to Jaraba (Milmarcos)

14 km · Circular
Heritage · 6.6 km straight-line distance away

Hermitage of Santa Catalina of Hinojosa: Romanesque among junipers

Hinojosa
Heritage · 9.7 km straight-line distance away

Church of Santiago in Labros: a recovered Romanesque gem

Labros
Water source · 10.1 km straight-line distance away

Lagoons of Tortuera: the wetland trail of the high plateau

Tortuera
Heritage · 10.2 km straight-line distance away

Sanctuary of La Concepción in Cillas, Meeting Place of the Sexma del Campo

Cillas
Heritage · 11.6 km straight-line distance away

Molina-style manor houses of Tortuera

Tortuera
Water source · ≈ 11.7 km straight-line distance away

Lagunas y parameras del Señorío de Molina: Natura 2000 wetland plains

Tortuera

Population of Fuentelsaz, 1842–2021

Fuentelsaz reached a peak of 586 inhabitants in 1940 . In the 2021 census there were 87 , a decrease of 85%. This is the history told in the emptying of the Alto Tajo.

Population trend of Fuentelsaz 1842: 238 inh.1857: 487 inh.1860: 479 inh.1877: 539 inh.1887: 557 inh.1897: 536 inh.1900: 482 inh.1910: 473 inh.1920: 540 inh.1930: 559 inh.1940: 586 inh.1950: 566 inh.1960: 479 inh.1970: 220 inh.1981: 162 inh.1991: 158 inh.2001: 132 inh.2011: 108 inh.2021: 87 inh. 1842187719001930196019912021 586 87
INE population censuses (1842–2021), compiled on Wikipedia.

Climate in Fuentelsaz month by month

2015–2024 averages from Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis for an altitude of approx. 1,128 m. Useful for planning, not a substitute for live forecasts.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg. max (°C)81013162126302923191210
Avg. min (°C)0125813161612942
Rainfall (mm)423057645549202136504333
Rainy days87111198446896
Frost days17127300000049

Location

Location: Fuentelsaz MilmarcosHinojosaFuentelsaz Stratotype: a global geological reference standardMilmarcos: manor houses, Mannerist altarpiece, and a theatre of a prosperous townHermitage of Santa Catalina of Hinojosa: Romanesque among junipers MilmarcosHinojosa Reference
Atlas diagram. Fuentelsaz: large reference point. Rivers: © OpenStreetMap.

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Reference villages: Milmarcos · Hinojosa · Labros · Tortuera.

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