Benafarces

Benafarces, Spain

Church of Asunción
Country Spain
Autonomous community Castile and León
Province Valladolid
Municipality Benafarces
Area
  Total 16 km2 (6 sq mi)
Population (2004)
  Total 114
  Density 7.1/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Benafarces is a municipality located in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 114 inhabitants.

In 1147 Osorio Martínez granted a fuero to Benafarces with the approval of Alfonso VII. The village in turn was required to make an annual payment in kind of half a sheep, ten loaves of bread, some barley, and some must.[1]

Notes

  1. Simon Barton, The Aristocracy in Twelfth-century León and Castile (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 95.

Coordinates: 41°37′N 5°17′W / 41.617°N 5.283°W / 41.617; -5.283


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