Torrijos
Municipality
Flag of Torrijos
Flag
Coat of arms of Torrijos
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Torrijos is located in Castilla-La Mancha
Torrijos
Torrijos
Location in Spain
Torrijos is located in Spain
Torrijos
Torrijos
Torrijos (Spain)
Coordinates: 39°59′0″N 4°16′53″W / 39.98333°N 4.28139°W / 39.98333; -4.28139
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCastilla–La Mancha
ProvinceToledo
Area
 • Total17.34 km2 (6.70 sq mi)
Elevation
529 m (1,736 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total13,278
 • Density770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Torrijeño, ña
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
45500

Torrijos is a municipality in the province of Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha, Spain.[2] As of 1 January 2022, it had a registered population of 13,678.[2] The municipality spans across a total area of 17.34 km2.[2]

History

A Christian army on its way to Toledo took control over the place on behalf of Alfonso VI in 1085, thereby becoming a realengo ('royal demesne').[3][4]

Torrijos was gifted to the archbishop of Toledo in 1214, in reward for the latter's help in the Battle of Navas de Tolosa,[5] ensuingly becoming a dominion of the Mitre of Toledo.[6] Torrijos enjoyed a sizeable Jewish community, which sided with the losing side in the Castilian Civil War and which also suffered, although to a lesser extent than other locations, the 1391 pogroms.[7] In the context of the 1449 urban revolts in Toledo, a Toledan army under Pedro Girón sacked Torrijos in 1450.[8] Torrijos was bought away from the Archdiocese of Toledo in 1482, and it was incorporated to the Estate of Maqueda, also becoming a town.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. 1 2 3 "Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales". Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Gómez Vozmediano, Miguel Fernando (2018). "Los orígenes del señorío de Torrijos y la creación del Estado de las Nueve Villas" (PDF). Boletín de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Históricas de Toledo. Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Históricas de Toledo (Ext. 3). ISSN 0210-6310.
  4. ↑ Santos Vaquero, Ángel (2020). "Convulsa historia de las aljamas de Toledo, Maqueda y Torrijos". Historia Digital. 20 (36): 108. ISSN 1695-6214.
  5. ↑ Gómez Vozmediano 2018, p. 33.
  6. ↑ López Gómez, Óscar (2014). "El impacto de las revueltas urbanas en el siglo XV. A propósito de la rebelión de 1449 en Toledo" [The Impact of Urban Riots in the 15th Century. The 1449 Revolt in Toledo]. Edad Media. Revista de Historia. Valladolid: Universidad de Valladolid. 15: 190. ISSN 2530-6448.
  7. ↑ Santos Vaquero 2020, p. 111.
  8. ↑ López Gómez 2014, p. 190.
  9. ↑ Santos Vaquero 2020, p. 109.


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