Jadraque

Municipality in Castilla–La Mancha, Spain

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40°55′36″N 2°55′25″W / 40.92667°N 2.92361°W / 40.92667; -2.92361CountrySpainAutonomous community Castilla–La ManchaProvinceGuadalajaraGovernment

• MayorAlberto Domínguez LuisArea

• Total38.91 km² (15.02 sq mi)Elevation

832 m (2,730 ft)Population

(2018)^[1]

• Total1,434 • Density37/km² (95/sq mi)DemonymJadraqueñosTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)WebsiteOfficial website

Jadraque is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Guadalajara, Castilla–La Mancha.^[2] The municipality spans across a total area of 38.91 km².^[2] As of 1 January 2020, it has a population of 1,370.^[2]

History

It is home to a medieval castle, the so-called Castle of Cid. In a barter, Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña transferred the castle of Jadraque to Pedro González de Mendoza in exchange for the town of Maqueda and the mayorship of Toledo on 27 January 1470.^[3]

By the early 16th century, the land of Jadraque extended across around 713 km² of the Henares basin (divided into the sexmos of Henares and Bornova).^[4]

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 25 May 2021.
^ Hidalgo Ogáyar, Juana (2005). "Doña Mencía de Mendoza y su residencia en el castillo de Jadraque". Archivo Español de Arte. 78 (310). Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas: 184. doi:10.3989/aearte.2005.v78.i310.196.
^ Velasco Sánchez, Angel Luis (2008). La población de Guadalajara,1500-1650 (PDF). Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. p. 23. ISBN 978-84-693-2807-1.