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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Coat of arms of Mocejón
Mocejón is located in Castilla-La Mancha
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Location in Spain
Mocejón is located in Spain
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Mocejón (Spain)
Coordinates: 39°56′13″N 3°55′10″W / 39.93694°N 3.91944°W / 39.93694; -3.91944
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCastilla–La Mancha
ProvinceToledo
Area
 • Total30 km2 (10 sq mi)
Elevation
480 m (1,570 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total4,829
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+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

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  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Rodríguez Rodríguez, Vicente (1983). Notas sobre la historia y geografía de La Sagra (PDF). Toledo: Diputación Provincial. p. 7. ISBN 84-00-05384-2.
  3. ^ 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.