Atienza () is a municipality located in the

province of Guadalajara Guadalajara () is a province of Spain, belonging to the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. As of 2013 it had a population of 257,723 people. The population of the province has grown in the last 10 years. It is located in the centre of ...

, Spain. According to the 2006

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...

( INE), the municipality had a population of 437 inhabitants. The Castle of Atienza is situated here. There were ancient Celtiberian settlements in the

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.Atienza y su Tierra

Geology

Atienza, as well as the area surrounding it, is located in the transition zone between the

Sistema Ibérico The Iberian System ( es, Sistema Ibérico, ) is one of the major systems of mountain ranges in Spain. It consists of a vast and complex area of mostly relatively high and rugged mountain chains and massifs located in the central region of th ...

and the

Sistema Central The Central System, Spanish and pt, Sistema Central, is one of the main systems of mountain ranges in the Iberian Peninsula. The 2,592 m high Pico Almanzor is its highest summit. The Central System is located just north of the 40th parallel a ...

Gallery

File:Vista de Atienza, España, 2015-12-28, DD 148.JPG, View of Atienza File:Arco Atienza.jpg, A gate of the medieval Atienza's City Walls File:Atienza 1.jpg, A street of Atienza File:Cementerio e iglesia de Santa María del Rey en Atienza.jpg, Cemetery and Romanesque Church of Santa María del Rey File:Castillo atienza.jpg, Castle of Atienza File:Vista del Castillo e Iglesia de Santa María del Rey.JPG, Castle of Atienza and Santa María del Rey church

Notable people

Juan Bravo was born in Atienza. Luisa de Medrano was born in Atienza. (August 9th, 1484)

Bonifacio Escudero Bonifacio may refer to: Places * Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, a town in Corsica, France * Strait of Bonifacio, separating Corsica from Sardinia * Bonifacio, Misamis Occidental, a municipality in the Philippines * Bonifacio Global City, a central busi ...

, worked as a doctor, has a street to his name.

References

External links

Ayuntamiento de Atienza

Villa de Atienza
Municipalities in the Province of Guadalajara {{CastileLaMancha-geo-stub