Villarejo de Fuentes

Villarejo de Fuentes is a municipality located in the province of Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2015 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 519 inhabitants.

Villarejo de Fuentes
Municipality
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Coordinates: 39°47′N 2°41′W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castile-La Mancha
Province	Cuenca
Comarca	La Mancha de Cuenca
Government
• Mayor	Carlos Asensio (PP)
Area
• Total	128.28 km² (49.53 sq mi)
Population (2018)[1]
• Total	454
• Density	3.5/km² (9.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

History

In its origins, Villarejo was given the name Fuentes. Located near the river Záncara, the original settlement was later abandoned because of an epidemic. During the Modern Era the municipality was part of the Marquesado de Villena, becoming one of the most important villages in the province.

Demographics

By 1960 Villarejo had more than 2200 inhabitants. From around 1960 until today the village's population has dropped, as well as other surrounding areas, with most people emigrating to other Spanish regions such as Madrid, Valencia and Catalonia. Today less than 500 people live permanently in the village.

Climate

Villarejo experiences a Mediterranean climate with continental characteristics, with mild to cold winters due to its altitude (862 MASL, 2828 feet), including sporadic snowfalls and minimum temperatures sometimes below freezing. Summers are warm to hot. Precipitation is concentrated in the autumn and spring.

Economy

The village based its economy on agriculture, mostly wheat, olive and sunflowers, and sheep farming. As for industry, there is a cheese manufactures which has achieved several awards, including the World Cheese Awards (2007. 2008), Chincho de Oro (2008) and Concorso per i migliori formaggi (2012, 2015).

Festivities

Cristo de los Pastores (May–June, fifty days after Easter Sunday).
Nuestra Señora de Fuentes (September, 8)

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gollark: Hold on while I fire up potatOS, it has a UTC timer.

gollark: At least spoil it tomorrow?

gollark: I suppose so. Or read the code to spoil it. But don't.

gollark: You'll get an achievement if it does activate (take *that* speedrunners!) anyway.

References

Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

Municipalities in the province of Cuenca
Abia de la Obispalía Alarcón Albaladejo del Cuende Albalate de las Nogueras Albendea Alcalá de la Vega Alcantud Alcohujate Alconchel de la Estrella Alcázar del Rey Algarra Aliaguilla Almendros Almodóvar del Pinar Almonacid del Marquesado Altarejos Arandilla del Arroyo Arcas del Villar Arcos de la Sierra Arguisuelas Arrancacepas Atalaya del Cañavate Barajas de Melo Barchín del Hoyo Bascuñana de San Pedro Beamud Belinchón Belmonte Belmontejo Beteta Boniches Buciegas Buenache de Alarcón Buenache de la Sierra Buendía Campillo de Altobuey Campillos-Paravientos Campillos-Sierra Campos del Paraíso Cañada Juncosa Cañada del Hoyo Canalejas del Arroyo Cañamares Cañaveras Cañaveruelas Cañete Cañizares Carboneras de Guadazaón Cardenete Carrascosa Carrascosa de Haro Casas de Benítez Casas de Fernando Alonso Casas de Garcimolina Casas de Guijarro Casas de Haro Casas de los Pinos Casasimarro Castejón Castillejo de Iniesta Castillejo-Sierra Castillo de Garcimuñoz Castillo-Albaráñez Cervera del Llano Chillarón de Cuenca Chumillas Cuenca Cueva del Hierro El Acebrón El Cañavate El Herrumblar El Hito El Pedernoso El Peral El Picazo El Pozuelo El Provencio Enguídanos Fresneda de Altarejos Fresneda de la Sierra Fuente de Pedro Naharro Fuentelespino de Haro Fuentelespino de Moya Fuentenava de Jábaga Fuentes Fuertescusa Gabaldón Garaballa Gascueña Graja de Campalbo Graja de Iniesta Henarejos Honrubia Hontanaya Hontecillas Horcajo de Santiago Huelves Huerta de la Obispalía Huerta del Marquesado Huete Huélamo Huérguina Iniesta La Alberca de Záncara La Almarcha La Cierva La Frontera La Hinojosa La Parra de las Vegas La Peraleja La Pesquera Laguna del Marquesado Lagunaseca Landete Las Majadas Las Mesas Las Pedroñeras Las Valeras Ledaña Leganiel Los Hinojosos Los Valdecolmenas Mariana Masegosa Minglanilla Mira Monreal del Llano Montalbanejo Montalbo Monteagudo de las Salinas Mota de Altarejos Mota del Cuervo Motilla del Palancar Moya Narboneta Olivares de Júcar Olmeda de la Cuesta Olmeda del Rey Olmedilla de Alarcón Olmedilla de Eliz Osa de la Vega Pajaroncillo Pajarón Palomares del Campo Palomera Paracuellos Paredes Pinarejo Pineda de Gigüela Piqueras del Castillo Portalrubio de Guadamejud Portilla Poyatos Pozoamargo Pozorrubielos de la Mancha Pozorrubio Priego Puebla de Almenara Puebla de Don Francisco Puebla del Salvador Quintanar del Rey Rada de Haro Reíllo Rozalén del Monte Saceda-Trasierra Saelices Salinas del Manzano Salmeroncillos Salvacañete San Clemente San Lorenzo de la Parrilla San Martín de Boniches San Pedro Palmiches Santa Cruz de Moya Santa María de los Llanos Santa María del Campo Rus Santa María del Val Sisante Solera de Gabaldón Sotorribas Talayuelas Tarancón Tébar Tejadillos Tinajas Torralba Torrejoncillo del Rey Torrubia del Campo Torrubia del Castillo Tragacete Tresjuncos Tribaldos Uclés Uña Valdemeca Valdemorillo de la Sierra Valdemoro-Sierra Valdeolivas Valdetórtola Valhermoso de la Fuente Valsalobre Valverde de Júcar Valverdejo Vara de Rey Vega del Codorno Vellisca Villaconejos de Trabaque Villaescusa de Haro Villagarcía del Llano Villalba de la Sierra Villalba del Rey Villalgordo del Marquesado Villalpardo Villamayor de Santiago Villanueva de Guadamejud Villanueva de la Jara Villar de Cañas Villar de Domingo García Villar de Olalla Villar de la Encina Villar del Humo Villar del Infantado Villar y Velasco Villarejo de Fuentes Villarejo de la Peñuela Villarejo-Periesteban Villares del Saz Villarrubio Villarta Villas de la Ventosa Villaverde y Pasaconsol Vindel Víllora Yémeda Zafra de Záncara Zafrilla Zarza de Tajo Zarzuela

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