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Villafranca de los Caballeros
Castile-La Manchavillage
Villafranca de los Caballeros
Total population
4,855
Air quality index
Demographic figures from INE (Spain). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Villafranca de los Caballeros is a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 5327 inhabitants.
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History
According to the few excavations carried out, the first settlers in Villafranca were the Iberians. If you can read Spanish, that's what most of people say about the town. Actually the studies carried out have been very limited and there are certain traces of settlers from Stone Age. So, that the only studied archaeological sites may have been so far of Iberians from the 7th and 6th centuries B.C. doesn't mean they were the very first to settle in the area. Also, the sites are much far from the current town's historical center. Speaking about this zone, the first mention of this place dates back to Muslim invasion, where Muslims and Christians did coexist in the area called today Cruz de Lozano. Then, by 1085, Toledo was conquered by the Christian king Alfonso VI. At the same time, Consuegra was also recovered by the Christians, and Villafranca gets to depend of it. Consuegra is handed over to the Order of the Knights of St. John. Villafranca as well as other towns becomes a property of the order. Since then, the town would depend in one way or another from the Order until the ecclesiastical confiscations of the 19th century in Spain, when the Order properties in Spain were seized and the Grand Priory was ended.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Eurasian Marsh-HarrierCircus aeruginosus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves4,442
- Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves3,456
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves3,383
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811 · Aves3,285
- Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor Temminck, 1820 · Aves3,113
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves2,855
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves2,581
- Eurasian CootFulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves2,575
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.5 — 2015-02-2312 km NNE of Ossa de Montiel, Spain
- M 3.5 — 2008-12-162 km S of Monreal del Llano, Spain
- M 3.5 — 2008-05-065 km E of Tembleque, Spain
- M 2.9 — 2008-04-28Spain
- M 4.1 — 2008-04-284 km ENE of Tembleque, Spain
- M 3.2 — 2008-02-261 km NE of Tembleque, Spain
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)