Bargas is a
municipality of
Spain located in the
province of Toledo
Toledo is a province of central Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Madrid, Cuenca, Ciudad Real, Badajoz, Cáceres, and Ávila. Its capital is the city of Toledo.
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Castilla–La Mancha.
The municipality spans across a total area of 89.71 km
2 and, as of 1 January 2020, it has a population of 10,535.
History
Despite the ongoing
Almoravid ''
razzias'' in July 1117, Bargas' repopulation started by that time. The original urban settlement was called "Valdeolivas", and it was left forsaken. Bargas enjoys a strong
bread
Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made f ...
-making tradition.
French counterrevolutionaries arrived to the village in September 1792. The opening of the
Madrid–Lisbon line in 1881 brought a rail connection to Bargas. A Socialist
Casa del pueblo
In Spain, a Casa del Pueblo ( es, House of the People) refers to a typical local branch office of both the PSOE and the Unión General de Trabajadores. Historically, the term has been used to describe clearing houses of information for Spanish ...
was opened in the village in 1907.
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External links
Official website of the municipality
Municipalities in the Province of Toledo
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