Mocejón is a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 4,963 inhabitants. It belongs to the region of La Sagra. It stands at about 480 metres above mean sea level.[2]
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  Mocejón Location in Spain  Mocejón Mocejón (Spain) | |
| Coordinates: 39°56′13″N 3°55′10″W / 39.93694°N 3.91944°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castilla–La Mancha |
| Province | Toledo |
| Area | |
• Total | 30 km2 (10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 480 m (1,570 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 4,829 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
By 1166, the hamlet of Mocejón was donated by Alfonso VIII to the knight Pedro Rodríguez de Azagra.[3]
References
edit- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Rodríguez Rodríguez, Vicente (1983). Notas sobre la historia y geografía de La Sagra (PDF). Toledo: Diputación Provincial. p. 7. ISBN 84-00-05384-2.
- ^ Molero García, Jesús M. (1998). "La frontera castellana en tiempos de Alfonso VII: nobleza y organización del espacio" (PDF). II Estudios de frontera. Actividad y vida en la frontera. En memoria de Don Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz. Alcalá la Real, 1997. p. 598.
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