Clares is a small village in the Guadalajara province, incorporated since 1969 in the

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municipality, belonging to the Señorio de Molina-Alto Tajo region in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Geography

Location

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

Demography

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

Climate

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

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

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River is near the village.

Flora

Clares belongs to the Praramera de Maranchón.

Traditional Celebrations

* Burning of "el

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" * Virgen del Lluvio (Virgin of the Rain) * San Roque * Virgen del Rosario (Virgin of the Rosary) * El Ojeo (the beating)

Interesting buildings

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

How to get to Clares

By Car

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

. 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

The line

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/ Guadalajara /

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has a stop in

, 6 km from Clares.

By train

The nearest train stations are in

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(32 km, roads: SO-411, GU-411, N-211, GU-408 y GU-407) and in

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(30 km, roads: SO-P-3009, GU-405, N-211, GU-408 y GU-407), both of them are on the

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line.

References

;Bibliography * 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

* https://web.archive.org/web/20141218103726/http://soydeclares.es/ {{in lang, es Towns in Spain