Merindad
Merindad (Spanish pronunciation: [meɾinˈdað]) is a Mediaeval Spanish administrative term for a country subdivision smaller than a province but larger than a municipality.[1] The officer in charge of a merindad was called a merino, roughly equivalent to the English count or bailiff.[2][3]
It was used in the kingdoms of Castile and Navarre. Connected to the birth of Castile, the Merindades, standing for a northernmost comarca of the province of Burgos, was part of the creation of the administrative division by King Peter.[2]
Currently, the Foral Community of Navarre is still divided into five merindades standing for different judicial districts.[2] The historic Merindad de Ultrapuertos lying to the north of the Pyrenees is nowadays Lower Navarre.[4][5]
Administratively, they have been substituted by the partido judicial. In Biscay, the mancomunidades comarcales keep the place of the old merindades, such as Duranguesado.
See also
- Partidos of Buenos Aires, a second-level administrative subdivision
- Partidos of Chile in Colonial Chile, a second-level administrative subdivision
- v
- t
- e
- Cantón
- Comarca
- Comuna
- Corregimiento
- Delegación
- Distrito
- Mancomunidad
- Merindad
- Municipalidad
- Municipio
- Parroquia
- Ecuador
- Spain
- Aldea
- Alquería
- Anteiglesia
- Asentamiento
- Barrio
- Campamento
- Caserío
- Ciudad
- Colonia
- Lugar
- Masía
- Pedanía
- Población
- Ranchería
- Sitio
- Vereda
- Villa
- Village (Pueblito/Pueblo)
- Historical subdivisions in italics.
References
- ^ "MERINDAD - Spanish open dictionary". amp.wordmeaning.org. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
- ^ a b c "MERINO - Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia". aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
- ^ https://en.bab.la/dictionary/spanish/merindad[bare URL]
- ^ "Gran Enciclopedia de Navarra | BAJA NAVARRA". Retrieved 2024-04-14.
- ^ "Gran Enciclopedia de Navarra | ULTRAPUERTOS". Retrieved 2024-04-15.