[go: up one dir, main page]

Jump to content

La Sagra

Coordinates: 40°03′41″N 3°54′10″W / 40.06139°N 3.90278°W / 40.06139; -3.90278
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
Landscape near Esquivias.

La Sagra is a region in central Spain lying between the cities of Madrid and Toledo. In a wider sense, it includes municipalities belonging to both the south of the Community of Madrid and the north of the province of Toledo.[1] In a more restricted sense, concerning the municipalities in Castilla−La Mancha, the Toledan Sagra includes municipalities in the right (north) bank of the Tagus up to the northern provincial border with the Madrid region, whilst its Western limits are moot.[2]

The placename comes from the Arabic Al-Saqra, 'cultivated field'.[3]

Extending across roughly 1,100 km2, the Toledan Sagra features a generally flat landscape.[4]

In the 21st-century, the area has experienced robust demographic growth and a boom of logistics.[5]

References

  1. ^ Jiménez de Gregorio, Fernando (2002). La Sagra toledana (PDF). Toledo: Diputación de Toledo. p. 8.
  2. ^ Jiménez de Gregorio 2002, pp. 8, 10.
  3. ^ Molina Holgado, Pedro; Lacasta Reoyo, Pilar (2013). "Las campiñas de La Sagra, entre la ruralidad y la transformación metropolitana" (PDF). Atlas de los paisajes agrarios de España. Vol. 2. p. 662. ISBN 978-84-491-1381-9.
  4. ^ Hojas, Luis (2008). "La Sagra – Territory and mobility in the 21st century" (PDF). Nova Terra. Connected Cities. ISSN 1570-0402 – via Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
  5. ^ Núñez, Julio (10 February 2021). "La Sagra, una excepción en la España vacía". El País.

Bibliography

  • Rodríguez Rodríguez, Vicente (1981), La desamortización de Mendizábal en la Sagra, Caja de Ahorros Provincial de Toledo
  • Rodríguez Rodríguez, Vicente (1981), Notas sobre la historia y geografía de la Sagra, Diputación Provincial de Toledo
  • Rodríguez Rodríguez, Vicente (1983), La tierra de la Sagra Toledana, su evolución de los siglos XVI a XX, Caja de Ahorros provincial de Toledo
  • Sánchez González, Ramón (1991), "Economía y sociedad en el Antiguo Régimen", La economía de la Sagra en el XVIII, Diputación Provincial de Toledo
  • Sánchez González, Ramón, La guerra de las comunidades en la Sagra

40°03′41″N 3°54′10″W / 40.06139°N 3.90278°W / 40.06139; -3.90278