Medina del Campo
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.jpg) Medina del Campo - Castillo de La Mota
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Basic data | |||
| Autonomous Community : |
 Castile and León
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| Province : | Valladolid | ||
| Comarca : | Tierras de Medina | ||
| Coordinates | 41 ° 19 ′ N , 4 ° 55 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 725 msnm | ||
| Area : | 115.17 km² | ||
| Residents : | 20,510 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 178.08 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 47400 | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 47085 | ||
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| Website : | Medina del Campo | ||
Medina del Campo is a city and a municipality (municipio) with 20,510 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Valladolid in the autonomous community of Castile-León in central Spain . Because of its historical importance, the city was classified as a cultural asset ( Bien de Interés Cultural ) in the Conjunto histórico-artístico category.
Location and climate
The city of Medina del Campo is located in the Castilian Meseta at an altitude of approx . 725 m , approx. 55 km (driving distance) southwest of Valladolid and almost 90 km northeast of Salamanca . The climate is temperate to warm; the sparse rain (approx. 380 mm / year) falls spread over the year with the exception of the dry summer months.
Population development
| year | 1857 | 1900 | 1950 | 2000 | 2017 |
| Residents | 4,238 | 5,971 | 14,288 | 20,047 | 20,679 |
The mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting loss of jobs in the countryside have led to a continuous increase in urban population since the middle of the 19th century. Several hamlets (pedanias) also belong to the municipality, but most of them are already deserted ( despoblado ) .
economy
The area around Medina del Campo was and is traditionally agricultural; Small traders, craftsmen and service providers have settled in the city itself. In the late Middle Ages and in the early modern period, there were markets and fairs (ferias) of supraregional importance. Today tourism - also in the form of renting out holiday homes (casas rurales) - plays an important economic role.
history
Medina del Campo ("Medina" = Arabic for city) was founded in the 11th century on the hill La Mota (the hill with the castle is now on the outskirts, but was the center at the time). In the 15th and 16th centuries the place was of great importance as a market; its population at that time is estimated by some to be around 50,000. The city went into decline from the 17th to 19th centuries.
Jewish history
In the 13th century the place had a thriving Jewish community. In 1290, their annual tax revenue was 44,000 maravedis . In the 14th century the Jewish community consisted of 50 to 100 households. In 1313 the settlement of legal disputes concerning Jews was moved from Zamora to Medina del Campo. After the pogroms of 1391, the presence of conversos in Medina del Campo is documented. In 1459 the place was the central sphere of activity of the monk Alonso de Espina , who relentlessly persecuted Jews who had converted to Christianity. After 1492, most of the remaining Jews from Medina del Campos fled to Navarra or Portugal . The last rabbi in town, Isaac Uzziel , probably emigrated to Salonika after 1492 .
Attractions
- Castillo de La Mota (15th century)
- Colegiata de San Antolín (16th-18th centuries)
- Casa Consistorial (town hall, 17th century)
- Casa Blanca (16th century)
- Museo de las Ferias
Colegiata de San Antolín
San Antolín vault
Iglesia de Santo Tomé
Iglesia de Santiago el Real
Nave of Santiago el Real
Palacio de Dueñas
Personalities
- Ferdinand I (1380–1416), from 1412 to 1416 King of Aragón, Valencia, Sicily and Sardinia and Count of Barcelona
- Alfonso V (1396–1458), from 1416 to 1458 king of Aragón, Valencia and Sardinia as well as Count of Barcelona, from 1442 to 1458 king of Naples
- John II (1397 / 98–1479), King of Navarre from 1425 to 1479, King of Aragón, Valencia and Sardinia from 1458 to 1479 and Count of Barcelona, King of Sicily from 1458 to 1468
- Isabella I , the Catholic (1451–1504), from 1474 to 1504 Queen of Castile and León etc. pp., Patron of Columbus , conqueror of Granada , died in Medina del Campo
- Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492–1581), conquistador and chronicler.
- Gregory of Valencia (1549–1603), Jesuit and theologian working in Germany
- Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo (1450–1505), writer.
Town twinning
- Montmorillon (France), since 1994
- Zug, Western Sahara, since 2008
Web link
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
- ↑ Medina del Campo - climate tables
- ^ Medina del Campo - population development
- ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica , Volume XIII (Lif-Mek), 2nd ed., Thomson Gale, Detroit, 2007, ISBN 978-0-02-865941-1 , pp. 759 and 760