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Village · Guadalajara · 1,188 m

Pardos

Pardos is a small village at about 1,190 metres in the Campo de Molina, near Torrubia, Tartanedo and Herrería. In the 19th century its holm oak and juniper woods were praised. To the southwest lie the old copper and silver mines of La Estrella, worked from the 17th century and known for azurite and malachite.

Panoramic view of Pardos with village houses among fields and hills.
Panoramic view of Pardos with village houses among fields and hills. Photo: «Pardos, Guadalajara, España, 2016-01-05, DD 14», Diego Delso (2016) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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 in Pardos

  • The mines of Pardos, including the Estrella mine, worked between the 17th and mid-19th centuries and known for copper minerals.
  • The holm oak, oak and juniper woodlands praised in Madoz’s geographical dictionary.

A village of El Campo

Pardos stands at about 1,190 metres, in the Campo de Molina. In the mid-19th century it had more than four hundred registered residents; today it has a few dozen.

Nearby

Torrubia, three kilometres away; Tartanedo, with its Romanesque portal; and Herrería, near the castro de El Ceremeño.

Places in and around Pardos

Geosite

Pardos mines: Mina Estrella and its copper minerals

Pardos

Near Pardos

Geosite · 3.9 km straight-line distance away

Fossil forest of Rillo de Gallo: a 300-million-year-old Pompeii

Aragoncillo
Heritage · 5.1 km straight-line distance away

Casa de los Utrera: the Baroque palace of Tartanedo

Tartanedo
Heritage · 5.1 km straight-line distance away

Church of San Bartolomé (Tartanedo): Romanesque portal with carved beasts

Tartanedo
Archaeological site · 5.7 km straight-line distance away

Peña Escrita (Canales de Molina): rock engravings with human figures

Canales de Molina
Museum · ≈ 5.9 km straight-line distance away

El Ceremeño Museum (Herrería)

Herreria
Heritage · 6.9 km straight-line distance away

Church of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves (Rueda de la Sierra)

Rueda de la Sierra
Geosite · 6.9 km straight-line distance away

Triassic rivers in Rillo de Gallo: current traces from 240 million years ago

Rillo de Gallo
Archaeological site · 7.2 km straight-line distance away

Rock shelters of Rillo de Gallo: UNESCO World Heritage Levantine art

Rillo de Gallo

Population of Pardos, 1842–2021

Pardos reached a peak of 224 inhabitants in 1930 . In the 2021 census there were 42 , a decrease of 81%. This is the history told in the emptying of the Alto Tajo.

Population trend of Pardos 1842: 133 inh.1857: 147 inh.1860: 195 inh.1877: 177 inh.1887: 173 inh.1897: 177 inh.1900: 191 inh.1910: 205 inh.1920: 190 inh.1930: 224 inh.1940: 200 inh.1950: 186 inh.1960: 148 inh.1970: 82 inh.1981: 59 inh.1991: 66 inh.2001: 66 inh.2011: 54 inh.2021: 42 inh. 1842187719001930196019912021 224 42
INE population censuses (1842–2021), compiled on Wikipedia.

Climate in Pardos month by month

2015–2024 averages from Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis for an altitude of approx. 1,188 m. Useful for planning, not a substitute for live forecasts.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg. max (°C)7101215202530292318119
Avg. min (°C)-1-013712151510731
Rainfall (mm)413462664845211636544435
Rainy days76111298546896
Frost days2117114100001815

Location

Location: Pardos TorrubiaTartanedoHerreriaCillasPardos mines: Mina Estrella and its copper mineralsFossil forest of Rillo de Gallo: a 300-million-year-old PompeiiCasa de los Utrera: the Baroque palace of TartanedoChurch of San Bartolomé (Tartanedo): Romanesque portal with carved beastsPeña Escrita (Canales de Molina): rock engravings with human figuresEl Ceremeño Museum (Herrería)Church of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves (Rueda de la Sierra)Triassic rivers in Rillo de Gallo: current traces from 240 million years ago TorrubiaTartanedoHerreriaCillas Reference
Atlas diagram. Pardos: large reference point. Rivers: © OpenStreetMap.

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