Segura de León

Segura de León
Municipality
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Coordinates: 38°7′15″N 6°31′45″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Extremadura
Province	Badajoz
Government
• Alcalde	Lorenzo Molina Medina
Area
• Total	106 km^2 (41 sq mi)
Elevation	700 m (2,300 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	1,921
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	Ayuntamiento de Segura de León

Segura de León is a Spanish municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura. It has a population of 2,170 (2007) and an area of 106 km^2. It belongs to the comarca of Tentudía.

History

Ferdinand III tasked the Knights of the Order of Santiago with reinforcing the land forces of the amphibious siege on Seville, so the territory around Montemolín including Segura was conquered by the knights towards 1246–1248 as part of the operations to clean up the rearguard in Sierra Morena.[2] Paio Peres Correia, Master of the Order of Santiago, granted Segura a fuero (copied from that of Sepúlveda) on 26 March 1274, thus Segura segregated from the encomienda of Montemolín and became a standalone town.[3]

See also

• List of municipalities in Badajoz

References

1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
2. Monterde García, Juan Carlos (2013). "Pleitos territoriales en las Cinco Villas Hermanas del Maestrazgo de Santiago" (PDF). XIII Jornada de historia de Fuente de Cantos: actas : bicentenario de la Constitución de 1812 y otros estudios sobre Extremadura, Fuente de Cantos, 1812. p. 196. ISBN 978-84-616-4344-8.
3. López Fernández, Manuel (2013). "Aproximación al aforamiento de Usagre a la luz de otros documentos santiaguistas de la época" (PDF). Revista de Estudios Extremeños. Badajoz: Diputación Provincial de Badajoz. pp. 1600–1601. ISSN 0210-2854.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Profile (in Spanish)