Torrijos, Spain

Municipality in Castilla–La Mancha, Spain

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39°59′0″N 4°16′53″W / 39.98333°N 4.28139°W / 39.98333; -4.28139CountrySpainAutonomous community Castilla–La ManchaProvinceToledoArea

• 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, ñaTime 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
Year	Pop.	±%
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]

References

^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales". Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
^ 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.
^ Santos Vaquero, Ángel (2020). "Convulsa historia de las aljamas de Toledo, Maqueda y Torrijos". Historia Digital. 20 (36): 108. ISSN 1695-6214.
^ Gómez Vozmediano 2018, p. 33.
^ 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.
^ Santos Vaquero 2020, p. 111.
^ López Gómez 2014, p. 190.
^ Santos Vaquero 2020, p. 109.
^ "Toledo(3078)". INE (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-12.
^ "Toledo: Población por municipios y sexo. (2902)". INE (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-12.