Tamajón 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 ...
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Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2006
census
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), the municipality had a population of 205 inhabitants and has a surface area of 116.28 km
2.The inhabitants are called Agallonero-a.
It comprises the town of Tamajón and the villages of
Almiruete,
Palancares and
Muriel.
A 16th-century church, dedicated to the Asunción de Nuestra Señora, overlooks the entrance to the town.
Two kilometres to the north is the Hermitage of the Virgen de los Enebrales,
the local Patron saint. Built in the 16th century, it was extended in the 18th century.
The "Enchanted City of Tamajón" is also close by, an area where the local limestone
has been eroded and forms fanciful shapes and caves.
References
Municipalities in the Province of Guadalajara
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