Pedro Muñoz
Place in Castile-La Mancha, Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pedro Muñoz is a municipality in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It is located in the northeast corner of the province of Ciudad Real, on the bank of the Záncara river. It is in the La Mancha region, in the "Mancha Alta" sub-region. It was founded in 1284 by the Archdeacon of Alcaraz, Pero Muñoz (later adjusted to "Pedro" Muñoz in the municipality's name), as one of a series of defensible points in the La Mancha plains. The village was abandoned in 1410, due to a severe drought, and re-established in 1525. Since the late 19th century, Pedro Muñoz had been an important economic center in the region.
Pedro Muñoz | |
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Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Castile-La Mancha |
Province | Ciudad Real |
Founded | 1284 AD |
Government | |
• Mayor | José Juan Fernández Zarco (PSOE) |
Area | |
• Total | 101.3 km2 (39.1 sq mi) |
Elevation | 656 m (2,152 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 7,385 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 13620 |
Area code | 34 (Spain) + 926 (Ciudad Real) |
Website | www.pedro-munoz.es (in Spanish) |
The village has an important architectural heritage of manor houses, hermitages and the Renaissance and Baroque church of St Peter the Apostle. It also has a natural and ecological heritage composed of a protected complex of wetlands, visited by many species of migratory birds.