Torrijos, Spain

Torrijos
Municipality
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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
 • Total
17.34 km2 (6.70 sq mi)
Elevation
529 m (1,736 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total
13,278
 • 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]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1900 2,923—    
1910 3,524+20.6%
1920 3,666+4.0%
1930 4,059+10.7%
1940 3,875−4.5%
1950 4,432+14.4%
1960 5,163+16.5%
1970 6,362+23.2%
1981 7,994+25.7%
1991 9,522+19.1%
2001 10,173+6.8%
2011 13,454+32.3%
2021 13,583+1.0%
2023 13,885+2.2%
Source: INE[10][11]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ a b c "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 (Ext. 3). Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Históricas de Toledo. 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. 15. Valladolid: Universidad de Valladolid: 190. ISSN 2530-6448.
  7. ^ Santos Vaquero 2020, p. 111.
  8. ^ López Gómez 2014, p. 190.
  9. ^ Santos Vaquero 2020, p. 109.
  10. ^ "Toledo(3078)". INE (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  11. ^ "Toledo: Población por municipios y sexo. (2902)". INE (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-12.


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