Torrijos, Spain
Municipality in Castilla–La Mancha, Spain
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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]
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| Coordinates: 39°59′0″N 4°16′53″W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castilla–La Mancha |
| Province | Toledo |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.34 km2 (6.70 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 529 m (1,736 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 14,307 |
| • Density | 825.1/km2 (2,137/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Torrijeño, ña |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 45500 |
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] and so it became 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
Notable people
- Félix Almagro (1907–1939), bullfighter, first to be killed by a bull at Las Ventas
