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La Puebla de Montalbán

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Country
  
Spain

Comarca
  
Torrijos

Founded
  
Ver texto

Province
  
Province of Toledo

Local time
  
Friday 9:47 AM

Autonomous community
  
Castile-La Mancha

Judicial district
  
Torrijos

Elevation
  
453 m

Population
  
8,179 (2014)

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Demonym(s)
  
Pueblano, na Puebleño, ña

Weather
  
11°C, Wind E at 5 km/h, 65% Humidity

La Puebla de Montalbán is a Spanish town and municipality in the province of Toledo, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. It is located in a plain of the River Tajo.

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Map of 45516 La Puebla de Montalb%C3%A1n, Toledo, Spain

Government

The mayor of La Puebla de Montalbán is Juan José García Rodríguez, of the ruling Partido Socialista Obrero Español. The Partido Socialista Obrero has six municipal councillors in the town's ayuntamiento, the Partido Popular has six and an independent group has one. In the 2004 Spanish General Election, the Partido Popular got 53.4% of the vote in La Puebla de Montalbán, the Partido Socialista Obrero Español got 48.6% and Izquierda Unida got 1.6%.

Notable citizens

  • Fernando de Rojas (c. 1465/73 - 1541), author of Comedia de Calisto y Melibea, usually called La Celestina.
  • Francisco Hernández de Toledo (ca. 1514-1517 - 1578), botanist and King Philip II's doctor.
  • Pedro Pacheco de Villena (died 1560), Bishop of Siguenza, Cardinal Bishop of Albano, participant in the Council of Trent.
  • Andrés Pacheco (1550 - 1626), Franciscan and Roman Catholic Cardinal
  • Luis Carrillo de Toledo (1564 - 1626), general and statesman.
  • Enrique Dávila Pacheco (15?? - 1663), an administrator in certain Spanish new world colonies.
  • Ángel Luis Ruiz Paz, footballer

    • References

    La Puebla de Montalbán Wikipedia
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