Tardajos

Coordinates: 42°21′N 3°49′W / 42.350°N 3.817°W / 42.350; -3.817
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Tardajos
Municipality and town
Flag of Tardajos
Official seal of Tardajos
Coordinates: 42°21′N 3°49′W / 42.350°N 3.817°W / 42.350; -3.817
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCastile and León Castile and León
ProvinceFlag of Burgos Burgos
MunicipalityTardajos
ComarcaAlfoz de Burgos
Area
 • Total12 km2 (5 sq mi)
Elevation
827 m (2,713 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total782
 • Density65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
09130
Websitewww.tardajos.es

Tardajos is a municipality and town located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2014 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 950 inhabitants.

History[edit]

View of Tardajos

Tardajos received a fuero from Count Pedro González de Lara and Countess Eva in 1127. It was re-issued with adjustments on three subsequent occasions by either Pedro or Eva, the last being in 1147.[2]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Simon Barton, The Aristocracy in Twelfth-century León and Castile (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 94–95.