Quintanar de la Orden

Quintanar de la Orden
Municipality
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 39°35′26″N 3°2′34″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castilla–La Mancha
Province	Toledo
Area
• Total	87.87 km^2 (33.93 sq mi)
Elevation	691 m (2,267 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	10,918
• Density	120/km^2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	quintanardelaorden.es

Quintanar de la Orden is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha. The municipality spans across a total area of 87.87 km^2 and, as of 1 January 2023, the municipality has a registered population of 11,119.[2] It is part of the Mancha Alta de Toledo comarca.

Name

Quintanar de la Orden in 1824 by Edward Hawke Locker

The term "Quintanar" derives from the Latin Quintana meaning 'one fifth' which may relate to the portion of the harvest of the tenants (or its monetary equivalent) which had to be paid as tax or rent at the market where they sold food. It could also be related to the distance, of five miles from a particular Roman communications center. The term "Order" is a reference to the Order of Santiago.

Before the "de la Orden" moniker, Quintanar was known as "Quintanar de la Encina".[3]

Geography

The municipality borders the towns of Mota del Cuervo in the Province of Cuenca and Villanueva de Alcardete, El Toboso, Miguel Esteban and La Puebla de Almoradiel in the Province of Toledo .

History

The discovery Paleolithic may indicate the presence a prehistoric settlement. Roman coins indicate the existence of some sort of installation here at that time.

Quintanar was one of the villages of La Mancha whose repopulation was tasked to the Order of Santiago.[4] The early settlers possibly were Mozarabs from Toledo.[5] Quintanar was granted a chartae populationis during the reign of Ferdinand III.[6] Some Jews installed in Quintanar following their expulsion from Andalusia in 1443.[7]

Autochthonous crypto-Jews were found in the town between 1588 and 1592.[8] Moriscos were also reported in the town between 1570 and 1597,[9] accounting for 235 in 1603.[10]

References

Citations

1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
2. "Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales". Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
3. Jiménez de Gregorio 2000, pp. 43, 48.
4. Jiménez de Gregorio 2000, p. 38.
5. Jiménez de Gregorio 2000, p. 48.
6. Jiménez de Gregorio 2000, p. 39.
7. Jiménez de Gregorio 2000, p. 43.
8. Parello 2001, p. 401.
9. Jiménez de Gregorio 2000, p. 68.
10. Jiménez de Gregorio 2000, p. 70.

Bibliography

• Jiménez de Gregorio, Fernando (2000). La Mancha toledana (PDF). Toledo: Diputación Provincial de Toledo. ISBN 84-87103-92-8.
• Parello, Vincent (2001). "Los Mora de Quintanar de la Orden: un criptojudaísmo familiar a finales del siglo XVI". Sefarad. 61 (2). Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas: 395–418. doi:10.3989/sefarad.2001.v61.i2.590. ISSN 0037-0894.