Tardajos

Municipality and town in Castile and León, Spain

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Coordinates: 42°21′N 3°49′W / 42.350°N 3.817°W / 42.350; -3.817CountrySpainAutonomous community

Castile and LeónProvince

BurgosMunicipalityTardajosComarcaAlfoz de BurgosArea

• 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

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

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