Becedas
Becedas | |
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 Traditional houses in Becedas, Ávila | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Extension of the municipal term within the province of Ávila | |
  Becedas Location in Spain.  Becedas Becedas (Spain) | |
| Coordinates: 40°24′18″N 5°38′5″W / 40.40500°N 5.63472°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Castile and León |
| Province |  Ávila |
| Municipality | Becedas |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.2 km2 (12.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,130 m (3,710 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 206 |
| • Density | 6.4/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | Official website  |
Becedas is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. It belongs to the Alto Tormes region. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 355 inhabitants.
Toponym
[edit]The name derives from biezo, a regional word meaning "birch tree".[2], which is supported by the abundance of peat bogs, heaths and birch trees (see the nearby town of Tremedal, whose name is commonly used to refer to bogs). However, Gómez Blázquez,[3] scholar of the local lexicon and toponymy, makes a reference to the same word, biezo, with the same meaning, but without linking it to the town's name, for which he proposes other etymologies.
There are also other scholars who propose the Latin word vicia (vetch, in Spanish, vicia) as the origin for the term. Due to its traditional use as animal feed, the name might be derived from the Latin, vicieta, "place where vetch is found", or directly from the older form vicietu. In any case, the spelling with the letter B is not etymological and, as such, the term's etymology can be compared to La Vecilla (province of León) or Vecilla de Trasmonte (province of Zamora).[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Carrero Santamaría, Eduardo (2021-12-10). "Alberto Martín Márquez, Alguaciles del silencio. Paisaje sonoro en la Edad Moderna. Zamora como paradigma. Kassel, Edition Reichenberger-Zamora, Instituto de Estudios Zamoranos 'Florián de Ocampo', 2021". Medievalia. 24. doi:10.5565/rev/medievalia.561. ISSN 2014-8410.
- ^ Kienberger, Martina (2018). "Nuevas voces para el recuerdo – Literarisches Übersetzen als interdisziplinäres Projekt". mAGAzin Revista intercultural e interdisciplinar (26): 6–12. doi:10.12795/magazin.2018.01. ISSN 1136-677X.
- ^ Nieto Ballester, Emilio (1997). Breve diccionario de topónimos españoles. Madrid: Alianza. ISBN 978-84-206-9487-0.
External links
[edit]- Becedas maps.google.es
- Becedas (Sigpac) Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
- www.becedas.es
- www.becedas.info
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