La Puebla de Arganzón
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La Puebla de Arganzón is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. It is in the Comarca del Ebro
Comarca del Ebro
The Comarca del Ebro is a comarca of the Province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is located in the northeast of the province, and is divided from northwest to southeast by the River Ebro. The Obarenes Mountains separate the comarca from the Meseta Central to...
and the legal district
Legal district
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Miranda de Ebro. According to the INE
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)
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, the municipality had a population of 529 inhabitants in 2009.
La Puebla de Arganzón and the adjacent municipality of Condado de Treviño
Condado de Treviño
Condado de 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
Enclave of Treviño
The Enclave of Treviño in northern Spain is part of the territory of the province of Burgos , but is completely surrounded by the territory of the Basque province of Álava. It consists of two municipalities—Condado de Treviño and La Puebla de Arganzón—and is part of the legal district of Miranda...
, part of the territory of Burgos, completely surrounded by the Basque
Basque Country (autonomous community)
The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
province of Álava
Álava
Álava is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lord of Álava. Its capital city is Vitoria-Gasteiz which is also the capital of the autonomous community...
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La Puebla de Arganzón has a surface area of 18.87 square kilometres (7.3 sq mi) with a population of 529 and a population density of 28.03 /km2.
The municipality of La Puebla de Arganzón has two nuclei of population, the more important one sharing the name Puebla de Arganzón; the other is Villanueva de la Oca, a small rural community.
There was older settlement of Arganzón, about a kilometre away from the present 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
Kingdom of Castile
Kingdom of Castile was one of the medieval kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. It emerged as a political autonomous entity in the 9th century. It was called County of Castile and was held in vassalage from the Kingdom of León. Its name comes from the host of castles constructed in the region...
and Navarre
Kingdom of Navarre
The Kingdom of Navarre , originally the Kingdom of Pamplona, was a European kingdom which occupied lands on either side of the Pyrenees alongside the Atlantic Ocean....
. It obtained a fuero
Fuero
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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 VI of Navarre
Sancho VI Garcés , called the Wise , was the king of Navarre from 1150 until his death in 1194....
("Sancho el Sabio", "Sancho the Wise"), not by Alfonso VIII of Castile
Alfonso VIII of Castile
Alfonso VIII , called the Noble or el de las Navas, was the King of Castile from 1158 to his death and King of Toledo. He is most remembered for his part in the Reconquista and the downfall of the Almohad Caliphate...
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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
| 1897 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1981 | 1991 | 1996 | 2001 | 2004 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 621 | 622 | 625 | 680 | 636 | 617 | 613 | 568 | 506 | 501 | 232 | 265 | 402 | 465 | 489 |
In fiction
The fictional liberalLiberalism and radicalism in Spain
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crusader Salvador Monsalud, hero of the ten books of the second series of Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist. Considered second only to Cervantes in stature, he was the leading Spanish realist novelist....
's Episodios Nacionales
Episodios Nacionales
The Episodios Nacionales 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 1880...
(written 1875–1879) was a native of La Puebla de Arganzón.