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Village · Guadalajara · 1,170 m

Torrubia

Torrubia is a village at around 1,170 metres in the Campo de Molina, between Pardos, Tartanedo, and Cillas. In the mid-19th century it had 311 residents; today a few dozen. It connects the Pardos mines with Tartanedo's Romanesque art.

Panoramic view of Torrubia with its church and village houses below the hills.
Panoramic view of Torrubia with its church and village houses below the hills. Photo: «Torrubia, Guadalajara, España, 2016-01-05, DD 12», Diego Delso (2016) · CC BY-SA 4.0

In the Campo

Torrubia sits at around 1,170 metres, on the cereal plains of the historic Sexma del Campo of Molina. Madoz counted around 311 inhabitants in the mid-19th century, and the village maintained close to three hundred until 1950. Today a few dozen people live here.

Nearby

Near Torrubia

Heritage · 3.7 km straight-line distance away

Casa de los Utrera: the Baroque palace of Tartanedo

Tartanedo
Heritage · 3.7 km straight-line distance away

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

Tartanedo
Heritage · 4.6 km straight-line distance away

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

Cillas
Geosite · 6.2 km straight-line distance away

Pardos mines: Mina Estrella and its copper minerals

Pardos
Heritage · 6.5 km straight-line distance away

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

Rueda de la Sierra
Geosite · 6.8 km straight-line distance away

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

Aragoncillo
Archaeological site · 8.6 km straight-line distance away

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

Canales de Molina
Heritage · 8.6 km straight-line distance away

Molina-style manor houses of Tortuera

Tortuera

Population of Torrubia, 1842–2021

Torrubia reached a peak of 400 inhabitants in 1877 . In the 2021 census there were 22 , a decrease of 95%. This is the history told in the emptying of the Alto Tajo.

Population trend of Torrubia 1842: 303 inh.1857: 345 inh.1860: 373 inh.1877: 400 inh.1887: 287 inh.1897: 330 inh.1900: 302 inh.1910: 300 inh.1920: 334 inh.1930: 322 inh.1940: 321 inh.1950: 292 inh.1960: 221 inh.1970: 142 inh.1981: 80 inh.1991: 50 inh.2001: 41 inh.2011: 24 inh.2021: 22 inh. 1842187719001930196019912021 400 22
INE population censuses (1842–2021), compiled on Wikipedia.

Climate in Torrubia month by month

2015–2024 averages from Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis for an altitude of approx. 1,170 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 days2117114100001715

Location

Location: Torrubia PardosTartanedoCillasRueda de la SierraCasa de los Utrera: the Baroque palace of TartanedoChurch of San Bartolomé (Tartanedo): Romanesque portal with carved beastsSanctuary of La Concepción in Cillas, Meeting Place of the Sexma del CampoPardos mines: Mina Estrella and its copper mineralsChurch of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves (Rueda de la Sierra)Fossil forest of Rillo de Gallo: a 300-million-year-old PompeiiPeña Escrita (Canales de Molina): rock engravings with human figures PardosTartanedoCillasRueda de la Sierra Reference
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