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Clares

Coordinates: 41°02′06″N 2°08′34″W / 41.0351°N 2.1427°W / 41.0351; -2.1427
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Clares
View of Clares in 2007
View of Clares in 2007
Coordinates: 41°02′06″N 2°08′34″W / 41.0351°N 2.1427°W / 41.0351; -2.1427
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCastile-La Mancha
ProvinceGuadalajara
MunicipalityMaranchón
Area
 • Total17.2 km2 (6.6 sq mi)
Elevation
1,281 m (4,203 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total8
 • Density0.47/km2 (1.2/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitesoydeclares.es

Clares is a small village in the Guadalajara province, incorporated since 1969 in the Maranchón municipality, belonging to the Señorio de Molina-Alto Tajo region in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Geography

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Location

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Clares is in the north of the Guadalajara province, 108 km from the provincial capital.

Demography

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The population, as of 1 January 2021, is of 8 inhabitants.[1]

Climate

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The annual average temperature is 8-10 °C, and the average temperature of the hottest month in the summer is less than 25 °C. The total annual amount of precipitation is about 500 mm, with two peaks in spring and autumn.

Orography

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Clares' highest point is the Alto del Monte (1362 m), and its lowest point is in Valdeclares (1280 m). The origin of the Tajuña River is near the village.

Flora

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Clares belongs to the Praramera de Maranchón.

Traditional Celebrations

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  • Burning of "el Judas"
  • Virgen del Lluvio (Virgin of the Rain)
  • San Roque
  • Virgen del Rosario (Virgin of the Rosary)
  • El Ojeo (the beating)

Interesting buildings

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  • Local Church
  • Ermita de San Roque
  • Ermita de la Virgen del Lluvio
  • Bread oven

How to get to Clares

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Ubication of Clares

By Car

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Take exit 135 on road A-2, then enter N211 and continue there 21 km until you reach Maranchón. Then you take road 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

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The line Madrid / Guadalajara / Teruel / Valencia has a stop in Maranchón, 6 km from Clares.

By train

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The nearest 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 are on the Madrid - Zaragoza line.

References

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  1. ^ "Nomenclátor: Población del Padrón Continuo por unidad poblacional" [continuous census population for each settlement]. INE (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2022.
Bibliography
  • PÉREZ TABERNERO and BARBA MAYORAL. Historia y tradiciones de Clares Asociación de Vecinos y Amigos de Clares y Ayuntamiento de Maranchón. Maranchón, 1999.
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