La Puebla de Arganzón (also written Lapuebla de Arganzón); is a

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located in the

province of Burgos The Province of Burgos is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Palencia, Cantabria, Vizcaya, Álava, La Rioja, Soria, Segovia, and Valladoli ...

, Castile and León, Spain. It is in the Comarca del Ebro and the

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. According to the

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, the municipality had a population of 529 inhabitants in 2009.

, 2009. Query at http://www.ine.es/. Accessed online 2010-01-01. La Puebla de Arganzón and the adjacent municipality of

Condado de Treviño Condado de Treviño ("County of Treviño") is a municipality in the province of Burgos, autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. This municipality and the geographically smaller La Puebla de Arganzón make up the enclave of Treviño. ...

together constitute the enclave of Treviño, part of the territory of Burgos, surrounded by the

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province of

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.Visitando La Puebla de Arganzón
, ''El Correo'' (Bilbao), 2009-12-14. Accessed online 2010-01-01. La Puebla de Arganzón has a surface area of with a population of 529 and a population density of . The municipality of La Puebla de Arganzón is made up of two towns, the more important one sharing the name La Puebla de Arganzón; the other is Villanueva de la Oca, a small rural community. There was older settlement named Arganzón, about a kilometre away from the present ''La Puebla''. Its existence is cited as early as the year 871, but it disappeared in the 18th century. The present Puebla de Arganzón was founded toward the end of the 12th century, at a time of border wars between the kingdoms of Castile and Navarre. It obtained a ''

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'' establishing it as a community in 1191. According to José Joaquín de Landázuri, that ''fuero'' was granted by the Navarrese king Sancho VI ("Sancho el Sabio", "Sancho the Wise"), not by Alfonso VIII of Castile. A large part of medieval La Puebla de Arganzón, a boat-shaped area that stretches from north to south, survives today, although new development has increased the size and population in recent years.

Demographic history

In fiction

The fictional

liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...

crusader Salvador Monsalud, hero of the ten books of the second series of Benito Pérez Galdós's ''

Episodios Nacionales The ''Episodios Nacionales'' (''National Episodes'') are a collection of forty-six historical novels written by Benito Pérez Galdós between 1872 and 1912. They are divided into five series and they deal with Spanish history from roughly 1805 to ...

'' (written 1875–1879) was a native of La Puebla de Arganzón. Benito Pérez Galdós,
El equipaje del rey José
' (Digital edition 2001, based on Madrid: Imprenta y Litografía de La Guirnalda, 1875), Chapter 1, p. 11

Online at Biblioteca Cervantes Virtual.

References

External links

Lapuebladearganzon.net
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