Jadraque

Jadraque
Municipality
View from the castle
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 40°55′36″N 2°55′25″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castilla–La Mancha
Province	Guadalajara
Government
• Mayor	Alberto Domínguez Luis
Area
• Total	38.91 km^2 (15.02 sq mi)
Elevation	832 m (2,730 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	1,434
• Density	37/km^2 (95/sq mi)
Demonym	Jadraqueños
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	Official 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 km^2.[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 km^2 of the Henares basin (divided into the sexmos of Henares and Bornova).[4]

References

1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
2. "Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales". Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
3. 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.
4. Velasco Sánchez, Angel Luis (2008). La población de Guadalajara,1500-1650 (PDF). Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. p. 23. ISBN 978-84-693-2807-1.