Villarta de San Juan

Municipality in Castilla–La Mancha, Spain

Coat of arms

39°14′N 3°25′W / 39.233°N 3.417°W / 39.233; -3.417CountrySpainAutonomous community Castilla–La ManchaProvinceCiudad RealArea

• Total66.00 km² (25.48 sq mi)Elevation

626 m (2,054 ft)Population

(2018)^[1]

• Total2,845 • Density43/km² (110/sq mi)Demonym(s)Villartero, VillarteraTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

13210

Villarta de San Juan is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Ciudad Real, in the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha.

Housing lies on the left (southern) bank of the Cigüela. It stands on the A-4 route.

Villarta was seemingly settled by the Hospitallers in 1236, perhaps dependant on nearby Arenas de San Juan.^[2]

The municipality has a total area of 66.00 km² and, as of 1 January 2022, it has a registered population of 2,713.^[3]

Notable people

^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ Barquero Goñi, Carlos (1997). "La repoblación hospitalaria en la Corona de Castilla (siglos XII-XVI)" (PDF). Historia. Instituciones. Documentos (24). Seville: Universidad de Sevilla: 75. ISSN 0210-7716.
^ "Datos del registro de entidades locales". Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital. Retrieved 24 December 2023.