La Puebla de Montalbán is a Spanish town and municipality in the province of Toledo, in the

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of Castile-La Mancha. It is located in a plain of the River Tajo.

Government

The

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of La Puebla de Montalbán is Juan José García Rodríguez, of the ruling

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. The Partido Socialista Obrero has six municipal

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s in the town's

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, the Partido Popular has six and an independent group has one. In the

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, the Partido Popular got 53.4% of the vote in La Puebla de Montalbán, the Partido Socialista Obrero Español got 48.6% and Izquierda Unida got 1.6%.

Notable citizens

Fernando de Rojas Fernando de Rojas (c. 1465/73, in La Puebla de Montalbán, Toledo, Spain – April 1541, in Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain) was a Spanish author and dramatist, known for his only surviving work, '' La Celestina'' (originally titled ''Trag ...

(c. 1465/73 - 1541), author of

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, usually called ''La Celestina''. *

Francisco Hernández de Toledo Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1514 in La Puebla de Montalbán, Toledo – 28 January 1587 in Madrid) was a naturalist and court physician to the King of Spain. Hernández was among the first wave of Spanish Renaissance physicians practicing acc ...

(ca. 1514-1517 - 1578), botanist and King

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's doctor. *

Pedro Pacheco de Villena Pedro Pacheco de Villena (29 June 14885 March 1560), also known as Pedro Pacheco Ladrón de Guevara, was a Spanish cardinal and viceroy of Naples. In Italian his name is spelled Pietro Pacecco. His nephew Francisco Pacheco de Toledo was also a ...

(died 1560), Bishop of Siguenza, Cardinal Bishop of Albano, participant in the

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. * Andrés Pacheco (1550 - 1626),

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and Roman Catholic Cardinal * Luis Carrillo de Toledo (1564 - 1626), general and statesman. *

Enrique Dávila Pacheco Enrique Dávila Pacheco (15?? – 1663) was a royal ambassador of Spain, Acting Governor and Captain General of Yucatán, Governor of Nueva Vizcaya and Governor of Tlaxcala. He was appointed to the position of Governor of Nueva Vizcaya by King Phil ...

(15?? - 1663), an administrator in certain Spanish new world colonies. * Ángel Luis Ruiz Paz (born 1987), footballer * Álvaro Rico (born 1996), actor

References

External links

Aerial view of La Puebla de Montalbán, Spain (From "Google maps")
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