Tembleque, Spain

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Tembleque

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Coordinates: 39°41′41″N3°30′15″W / 39.69472°N 3.50417°W / 39.69472; -3.50417
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castile-La Mancha
Province	Toledo
Municipality	Tembleque
Area
• Total	269 km² (104 sq mi)
Elevation	637 m (2,090 ft)
Population (2024)^[1]
• Total	2,009
• Density	7.5/km² (19/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Tembleque is a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2010 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 2 390 inhabitants, but it has since declined.

History
Heraldry
Landmarks
Famous inhabitants
Notes
References
External links

History

The name is of Iberian origin. At that time there were a lot of villages with names ending in "que".

After the reconquest of Toledo, the village belonged to the Knights Hospitaller.

Heraldry

The town has a coat of arms featuring three towers over a small mountain and a cannon.(see note¹) The cannon symbolises the town's historical link with the artillery.(see note²)

Landmarks

Buildings of interest include:

the main square (Plaza Mayor)^[2]
the church of the Assumption (Nuestra Señora de la Asunción), which dates from the 16th century.

Famous inhabitants

Francisco de Tembleque gave his name to the Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque in Mexico. This structure is now a World Heritage Site.^[3]

Nena Goodman (1910-1998), New York artist and philanthropist^[4]

Notes

1. ^ In heraldry "escutcheon" would be a more precise translation of the Spanish term escudo than "coat of arms".

2. ^ The village supplied saltpetre for making gunpowder.

References

↑ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
↑ Tembleque. www.spain.info website
↑ "Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque hydraulic system" . Retrieved 2019-06-06.
↑ "Nena Goodman, 88, Painter and Arts Patron". The New York Times. 1998-03-20. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-04-16.

External links

Media related to Tembleque at Wikimedia Commons

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