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Village · Guadalajara · 1,228 m

Olmeda de Cobeta

Olmeda de Cobeta is a village in the Alto Tajo at about 1,230 metres, possessing a medieval wood pasture of pollarded pyrenean oaks, holm oaks and gall oaks. Within it stands the fortified Celtiberian castro of Peña Moñuz, and its territory includes Buenafuente del Sistal.

Castro Celtibérico de Peña Moñúz, Olmeda de Cobeta
Castro Celtibérico de Peña Moñúz Photo: El Observario

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

Routes

Ruta Etnográfica 3, los chozones de Olmeda de Cobeta, and the GR-113.

Places in and around Olmeda de Cobeta

Archaeological site

Celtiberian hillfort of Peña Moñuz (Olmeda de Cobeta)

Olmeda de Cobeta
Forest

Dehesa of Olmeda de Cobeta: ancient pollarded Pyrenean oaks

Olmeda de Cobeta

Routes linked to Olmeda de Cobeta

Route

GR-113, Camino Natural del Tajo, through the Alto Tajo

135 km · 35 h · Linear
Route

Ethnographic route 3: the chozones of Olmeda de Cobeta

4.75 km · 1.5 h · Circular

Near Olmeda de Cobeta

Heritage · 2.6 km straight-line distance away

Monastery of Buenafuente del Sistal: Cistercian nuns since 1246

Buenafuente del Sistal
Ethnography · 3.3 km straight-line distance away

Juniper chozones of Ablanque: evolution of pastoral architecture

Ablanque
Route · 3.3 km straight-line distance away

Ethnographic route 1: the chozones of Ablanque

3 km · 3 h · Linear
Viewpoint · 4.7 km straight-line distance away

Buenafuente del Sistal viewpoint: the wildest Tagus

Buenafuente del Sistal
Route · 5.6 km straight-line distance away

Geotrail 3: from Cobeta to Barranco del Arandilla

13 km · 4 h · Linear
Castle · 5.8 km straight-line distance away

Cobeta Tower: Surviving Remnant of the Tovar Castle

Cobeta
Recreation area · ≈ 5.9 km straight-line distance away

Virgen de Montesinos recreation area (Cobeta)

Cobeta
Water source · 6 km straight-line distance away

Presa de la Rocha or Campillo Dam (Zaorejas)

Zaorejas

Population of Olmeda de Cobeta, 1842–2021

Olmeda de Cobeta reached a peak of 445 inhabitants in 1910 . In the 2021 census there were 63 , a decrease of 86%. This is the history told in the emptying of the Alto Tajo.

Population trend of Olmeda de Cobeta 1842: 195 inh.1857: 366 inh.1860: 408 inh.1877: 401 inh.1887: 397 inh.1897: 369 inh.1900: 393 inh.1910: 445 inh.1920: 416 inh.1930: 406 inh.1940: 373 inh.1950: 320 inh.1960: 247 inh.1970: 139 inh.1981: 100 inh.1991: 91 inh.2001: 75 inh.2011: 80 inh.2021: 63 inh. 1842187719001930196019912021 445 63
Between the 1857 census and the previous one, the municipal area grew by incorporating Buenafuente del Sistal. INE population censuses (1842–2021), compiled on Wikipedia.

Climate in Olmeda de Cobeta month by month

2015–2024 averages from Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis for an altitude of approx. 1,228 m. Useful for planning, not a substitute for live forecasts.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg. max (°C)7101215202531302318119
Avg. min (°C)-1-024712161511831
Rainfall (mm)514471755044171637655544
Rainy days871212983379107
Frost days221594100000714

Location

Location: Olmeda de Cobeta Buenafuente del SistalVillar de CobetaCobetaAblanqueCeltiberian hillfort of Peña Moñuz (Olmeda de Cobeta)Dehesa of Olmeda de Cobeta: ancient pollarded Pyrenean oaksMonastery of Buenafuente del Sistal: Cistercian nuns since 1246Juniper chozones of Ablanque: evolution of pastoral architectureBuenafuente del Sistal viewpoint: the wildest TagusCobeta Tower: Surviving Remnant of the Tovar CastleVirgen de Montesinos recreation area (Cobeta)Presa de la Rocha or Campillo Dam (Zaorejas) Buenafuente del SistalVillar de CobetaCobetaAblanque Reference
Atlas diagram. Olmeda de Cobeta: large reference point. Rivers: © OpenStreetMap.

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Reference villages: Buenafuente del Sistal · Villar de Cobeta · Cobeta · Ablanque.

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