Iriépal is a village (''pedanía'') belonging to the Spanish municipality of
Guadalajara
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, in the autonomous community of
Castilla–La Mancha. The GU-905 road links Iriépal to the city of Guadalajara.
Name
According to Manuel Fernández Escalante the toponym Iriépal may be connected to the Basque → ('city of the valley'), while
Javier de Hoz
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stressed the -pal ending as connected to the Latin ('swamp').
History
A former municipality, Iriépal was absorbed by the provincial capital in 1969, together with
Valdenoches and
Taracena
Taracena is a village (''pedanía'') belonging to the municipality of Guadalajara, Spain. It lies near the A-2.
History
The area of Taracena has been often identified (including by Adolf Schulten
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.
References
Guadalajara, Spain
Populated places in the Province of Guadalajara
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