cucumber (toledo) - Wikilingue - Encydia
Plantilla:Ficha of locality of Spain Cucumber is a Spanish population of the province of Toledo in the Earths of Talavera, in Castilla-La Mancha.
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Toponymy
The term "Cucumber" owes to the name of an ancient farmer that Alonso Pepino was calling himself. Formerly the population was calling "New Village of Talavera".
Geography
It borders on the municipal téminos of Cervera of the Mounts, San Román of the Mounts, Cazalegas, Talavera of the Queen and Segurilla, all of Toledo. Cucumber is 8 kilometers of Talavera of the Queen and 90 kilometers of Madrid. It is to 454 meters of altitude, being provided with 4605 hectares.
History
The municipality of Cucumber belonged from its beginning, like inhabited place, to the Talavera town, in the dominion of the archbishops of Toledo.
In the conscription of nations of war that Talavera does in 1592 Cucumber delivers two soldiers. In 1532 one speaks about Cucumber owing to a suit between Improved, Segurilla and Talavera, by the possession of the Rocky area and Miraflores. The goods of own consist of a common land and two kidlings pastures boyales, these fastened to Talavera.
Administration
Plantilla:Alcaldes Spain
Demography
In the following table there appears the evolution of the number of inhabitants between 1996 and 2006 according to information of the INE.
| 1996 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 787 | 821 | 868 | 948 | 981 | 1.041 | 1.311 | 1.460 | 1.643 | 1.804 |
IT NOTICES: The number of 1996 is recounted on May 1 and the rest on January 1.
Plantilla:Demografía/Pepino
Monuments and sights
To emphasize the parochial church of the Purest Concepcion and the chapel of Christ of Medinaceli.
Holidays
- On February 3. Holidays in honor to San Blas. Duration two days. On the 2nd, day of the Candlemas, salt this one in procession, the Chozo is burned and the butlers serve a refreshment. On the 3rd there is extracted the saint adorned with grapes, branches of laurel, oranges and with the threads of San Blas that sell. The butlers of this year extract it and those put it of the following year.
- On September 8. Management holidays in honor of the Nativity of Virgin Mary. These holidays last five days. On eve (September 7), there is a floral gift, there are crowned the «Beauties of the Holidays» and deliver to him the trophies of the competitions. A dance is realized. On the 8th there is flowery and Holy reveille Misa in honor of the Nativity of Virgin Mary. A festival is celebrated. In these days there is bullfighting festivals, verbenas and a popular snack.
References
- Delegation of Toledo.
- List of mayors offered by the MAP.
