Alhóndiga

Municipality in Castilla–La Mancha, Spain
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40°31′37″N 2°49′18″W / 40.52694°N 2.82167°W / 40.52694; -2.82167CountrySpainAutonomous communityCastilla–La ManchaProvinceGuadalajaraArea
 • Total19.26 km2 (7.44 sq mi)Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total157 • Density8.2/km2 (21/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Alhóndiga is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castilla–La Mancha, Spain.[2] As of 1 January 2022 it had a registered population of 158.[2] The municipality spans across a total area of 19.26 km2.[2]

The locality was an early instance of Hospitaller settlement south of the Sistema Central, and it was granted a fuero in 1170.[3] Upon the 1170 donation to the Order of St. John, the previous link of Alhóndiga with Zorita was severed.[4]

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ a b c "Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales". Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  3. ^ Barquero Goñi, Carlos (1997). "La repoblación hospitalaria en la Corona de Castilla (siglos XII-XVI)". Historia. Instituciones. Documentos (24). Seville: Universidad de Sevilla: 73. ISSN 0210-7716.
  4. ^ Oliva Manso, Gonzalo (2015). "Derecho de frontera en las villas de la Orden de San Juan. Peñalver y Alhóndiga a mediados del siglo XII". Revista de Derecho UNED (17). Madrid: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia: 1135−1136. doi:10.5944/rduned.17.2015.16290. ISSN 2255-3436.
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