Tarancón is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Cuenca, Castilla–La Mancha. As of 2024, it has a population of 16,462[2], which makes it the second most populated municipality in the province.
It lies at the crossroads of the A-3 route connecting Central Spain with the Levante and the A-40 route connecting Cuenca and Ocaña.
History
The place’s repopulation presumably dates back to the late 12th to early 13th century.[3] Throughout the rest of the Middle Ages, Tarancón was a hamlet belonging to the land of Uclés,[3] a dominion of the Order of Santiago after 1174. Tarancón was temporarily granted township status in 1537.[3] It was granted the title of ‘city’ (ciudad) in 1921.[4]
References
Citations
- ^ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2025). “Municipal Register of Spain of 2025”.
- ^ “Habitantes Tarancón 1900-2024”. www.foro-ciudad.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-03-17.
- ^ a b c Rivera Garretas 1985, p. 940.
- ^ “Tarancón: De villa a ciudad”. La Tribuna de Cuenca. 24 April 2021.
Bibliography
- Rivera Garretas, Milagros (1985). “Organización municipal y gobierno de una ciudad señorial castellana en el siglo XIII: el caso de Uclés”. En la España Medieval. 7. Madrid: Ediciones Complutense. ISSN 0214-3038.
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