Clares
| Clares, Spain | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 41°02′06″N 2°08′34″W / 41.0351°N 2.1427°WCoordinates: 41°02′06″N 2°08′34″W / 41.0351°N 2.1427°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castile-La Mancha |
| Province | Guadalajara |
| Municipality | Maranchón |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.2 km2 (6.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,281 m (4,203 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 18 |
| • Density | 1.0/km2 (2.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Website |
soydeclares |
Clares is a small village in the province of Guadalajara, integrated since 1969 in the town of Maranchón, belonging to the region of de Molina-Alto Tajo in the autonomous community of Castilla - La Mancha (Spain).
Geography
Location
In the north of the province of Guadalajara, 108 km from the provincial capital.
Demography
The population, as of 1 January 2008, is 20.
Climatology
The annual average temperature is 8-10 °C and the average temperature of the hottest month in summer less than 25 °C. The total annual amount of precipitation is about 500 mm, with two peaks in spring and autumn.
Orography
Clares´ highest pointis the Alto del Monte (1362m), and its lowest point is in Valdeclares (1280m). The river Tajuña borns nerar the village.
Flora
Clares belongs to the Praramera de Maranchón.
Traditional Celebrations
- Burning of "el Judas"
- Virgen del Lluvio
- San Roque
- Virgen del Rosario
- El Ojeo
Interesting buildings
- Local Church
- Ermita de San Roque
- Ermita de la Virgen del Lluvio
- Bread oven
How to come?
By Car
Take exit 135 of road A-2, then enter to N211 and continue there 21 km until you reach to Maranchón. Then you´d take roaf GU-408 to Clares / Codes / Balbacil / Valle del Mesa. Then, 700m later, take GU-407 to Clares / Balbacil. Finally take the entrance to Clares.
By bus
The line Madrid / Guadalajara / Teruel / Valencia has a stop in Maranchón, at 6 km from Clares.
By train
The nearer train stations are in Medinaceli (32 km, roads: SO-411, GU-411, N-211, GU-408 y GU-407) and in Arcos de Jalón (30 km, roads: SO-P-3009, GU-405, N-211, GU-408 y GU-407), both of them in the line Madrid - Zaragoza.
References
- PÉREZ TABERNERO and BARBA MAYORAL. Historia y tradiciones de Clares Asociación de Vecinos y Amigos de Clares y Ayuntamiento de Maranchón. Maranchón, 1999.
External Links
- http://soydeclares.es/ (Spanish)