Tarancón

Municipality in Castile-La Mancha, Spain

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40°00′31″N 3°00′37″W / 40.00861°N 3.01028°W / 40.00861; -3.01028Country

SpainAutonomous community

Castile-La ManchaProvinceCuencaArea

• Total106 km² (41 sq mi)Population

(2018)^[1]

• Total14,990 • Density140/km² (370/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Tarancón is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Cuenca, Castilla–La Mancha. As of 2018, it has a population of 14,834, which makes it the second most populated municipality in the province.

History

The place's repopulation presumably dates back to the late 12th to early 13th century.^[2] Throughout the rest of the middle ages, Tarancón was a hamlet belonging to the land of Uclés,^[2] a dominion of the Order of Santiago after 1174. Uclés was granted township status in 1537.^[2] It was granted the title of 'city' (ciudad) in 1921.^[3]

References

Citations

^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rivera Garretas 1985, p. 940.
^ "Tarancón: De villa a ciudad". La Tribuna de Cuenca. 24 April 2021.

Bibliography

Rivera Garretas, Milagros (1985). "Organización municipal y gobierno de una ciudad señorial castellana en el siglo XIII: el caso de Uclés". En la España Medieval. 7. Madrid: Ediciones Complutense. ISSN 0214-3038.

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