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Village · Guadalajara · 1,116 m

Sacecorbo

Sacecorbo is an Alto Tajo village at around 1,120 metres near Canales del Ducado. Its territory contains Cueva de las Majadillas, with over two kilometres of nearly horizontal galleries, one of the largest in Guadalajara.

Sacecorbo’s Plaza Mayor with the town hall’s stone façade and the church tower behind.
Plaza Mayor, Sacecorbo. Photo: «Sacecorbo, Plaza Mayor, img 1», Robot8A (2021) · CC BY-SA 4.0

What to see

Cueva de las Majadillas, only with proper gear and experience due to its vertical entrance shaft.

Nearby

Canales del Ducado and the Hoz del Ablanquejo, and Ocentejo.

Places in and around Sacecorbo

Cave

Cueva de las Majadillas (Sacecorbo): the caving school

Sacecorbo

Near Sacecorbo

Geosite · 4 km straight-line distance away

Fossil ray traces of Esplegares, from the Lower Jurassic

Esplegares
Place · 5.2 km straight-line distance away

Climbing in Barranco de la Hoz
Heritage · 6.5 km straight-line distance away

La Inesperada saltworks (Ocentejo)

Ocentejo
Museum · ≈ 6.6 km straight-line distance away

Ocentejo information point

Ocentejo
Recreation area · ≈ 6.6 km straight-line distance away

Los Ceños recreation area (Ocentejo)

Ocentejo
Archaeological site · ≈ 6.6 km straight-line distance away

Castro de El Castillejo (Ocentejo): the hillfort seen in the days of Philip II

Ocentejo
Canyon · 6.7 km straight-line distance away

Hoz del Río Ablanquejo: a wild, pathless canyon

Ablanque
Canyon · 6.8 km straight-line distance away

Hundido de Armallones: the rock collapse that dammed the Tagus

Armallones, Ocentejo

Population of Sacecorbo, 1842–2021

Sacecorbo reached a peak of 677 inhabitants in 1910 . In the 2021 census there were 93 , a decrease of 86%. This is the history told in the emptying of the Alto Tajo.

Population trend of Sacecorbo 1842: 453 inh.1857: 554 inh.1860: 633 inh.1877: 598 inh.1887: 606 inh.1897: 596 inh.1900: 637 inh.1910: 677 inh.1920: 644 inh.1930: 637 inh.1940: 437 inh.1950: 515 inh.1960: 477 inh.1970: 248 inh.1981: 185 inh.1991: 165 inh.2001: 161 inh.2011: 107 inh.2021: 93 inh. 1842187719001930196019912021 677 93
Between the 1981 census and the previous one, the municipal area grew by incorporating Canales del Ducado. INE population censuses (1842–2021), compiled on Wikipedia.

Climate in Sacecorbo month by month

2015–2024 averages from Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis for an altitude of approx. 1,116 m. Useful for planning, not a substitute for live forecasts.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg. max (°C)8101316212631302419129
Avg. min (°C)-1024813161612841
Rainfall (mm)524681865139161543816050
Rainy days9712129833710107
Frost days201383000000411

Location

Location: Sacecorbo EsplegaresCanales del DucadoOcentejoCanredondoCueva de las Majadillas (Sacecorbo): the caving schoolFossil ray traces of Esplegares, from the Lower JurassicClimbing in Barranco de la HozLa Inesperada saltworks (Ocentejo)Ocentejo information pointLos Ceños recreation area (Ocentejo)Castro de El Castillejo (Ocentejo): the hillfort seen in the days of Philip IIHoz del Río Ablanquejo: a wild, pathless canyon EsplegaresCanales del DucadoOcentejoCanredondo Reference
Atlas diagram. Sacecorbo: large reference point. Rivers: © OpenStreetMap.

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Reference villages: Esplegares · Canales del Ducado · Ocentejo · Canredondo.

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