Valdeverdeja
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Valdeverdeja is a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It belongs to the Campana de Oropesa region and has 647 inhabitants according to the 2006 census (INE). The municipal area is 67 km², and it has a population density of 10.04 inhabitants per km².
Valdeverdeja is located at the western end of the province of Toledo, and at the same time on the border of the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, adjacent to the province of Cáceres, already belonging to Extremadura. It is semi-circled by the Tagus River , which is the geographical feature that forms the border between the two communities and is 3 km away from the urban nucleus, it is located near La Jara occupying the valley.
The coat of arms of the town of Valdeverdeja is divided into three quarters, the first of them in a gold tower on a green field, the second on a white field with gold chains crossed by a black strip and in the third, in a field of gules a white castle.
Communications
Close to the Extremadura highway, the A-5 is connected to it by the TO-7121 road that reaches Oropesa, head of the region and by the MC-4159 to the town of El Puente del Arzobispo where it joins the MC -4100. By the TO-7137 it joins Berrocalejo.
Geography
Settled in the valley of the Tagus on a granite terrain that forms the so-called canchales.
The Tagus runs boxed in with steep banks. In its margins there are, already in disuse, several water mills.
The vegetation, composed of meadows populated with holm oaks and olive trees and scrubland with broom and thyme, is typically Mediterranean.
Fauna
In the past, the climate and the vegetation largely determine the fauna: rabbits, rats, mice, partridges, wild boars (especially in recent years), foxes, wildcats, owls, eagle owls, vultures, swallows, storks, storks black, various kinds of eagles, crows and different species of birds (goldfinches) and fish (barbels, carps, pike, eels now practically disappeared), etc. Some species are rarely found anymore; others, however, on the brink of extinction, are recovering, such as vultures and certain eagles.
Flora
The flora is typical of the Mediterranean region. Wild species include holm oak, broom, thyme, lavender, poplars, and wild olive trees. Due to the agricultural activity in the region, it is common to find olive and fig groves that have become part of the natural landscape.
Economy
The economy of the municipality is based on the primary sector, on agriculture and livestock since its foundation. Industrial activity is almost non-existent and the service sector is developing with the incipient rural tourism.
- Primary sector, the historical base of the municipal economy. Agriculture with fields of olive trees and cereals that opens to irrigation taking advantage of the waters of the Tagus. There is livestock that accompanies agricultural activity.
- Secondary sector, practically non-existent, has been based on the mechanization of some activities related to agriculture, such as milling, in which hydraulic power has been used. In the middle of the 20th century, an old mill was converted into an electricity generating plant, what they call the factory of light . This activity has not been developed throughout history.
- Service sector, commerce and services are oriented to meet the needs of residents and even so these have to be covered, to a large extent in Oropesa or Talavera. Tourist activity, encouraged as a result of the rural tourism boom, is developing progressively, thanks to which there are hotel establishments.
Monuments and places of interest
- The Church of San Blas, from the 16th century and enlarged in the 18th century. With the layout in the shape of a cross, it stands out for the height of its vaults and cupola.
- The town hall, a large granite building with arcades supported by Tuscan columns.
- Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados, from the 18th century, over a previous one from the 12th century. It has a relevant ordeal.
- Pozos Nuevos ("new wells"), a place where several dozen wells are located with their corresponding sinks made of stone in a single piece. It has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest, with the category of Historic Site.
- Casa Curato, is the rectory of Valdeverdeja. It has a beautiful façade that overlooks the Plaza Mayor in which there is a relevant iron fence. The main access is through San Blas street where a gate opens in the middle that gives access to the patio.
- Arch House, built 1876. Declared architectural heritage and asset of cultural interest (BIC) of this Villa on June 17 , 1992 . A semicircular arch with access to two streets, gives way from one to the other, under a barrel vault , several brick discharge arches, superimposed with the rest of the masonry.
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
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- Ajofrín
- Alameda de la Sagra
- Albarreal de Tajo
- Alcabón
- Alcaudete de la Jara
- Alcañizo
- Alcolea de Tajo
- Aldea en Cabo
- Aldeanueva de Barbarroya
- Aldeanueva de San Bartolomé
- Almendral de la Cañada
- Almonacid de Toledo
- Almorox
- Arcicóllar
- Argés
- Azután
- Añover de Tajo
- Barcience
- Bargas
- Belvís de la Jara
- Borox
- Buenaventura
- Burguillos de Toledo
- Burujón
- Cabañas de Yepes
- Cabañas de la Sagra
- Cabezamesada
- Calera y Chozas
- Caleruela
- Calzada de Oropesa
- Camarena
- Camarenilla
- Camuñas
- Cardiel de los Montes
- Carmena
- Carranque
- Carriches
- Casarrubios del Monte
- Casasbuenas
- Castillo de Bayuela
- Cazalegas
- Cebolla
- Cedillo del Condado
- Cervera de los Montes
- Chozas de Canales
- Chueca
- Ciruelos
- Cobeja
- Cobisa
- Consuegra
- Corral de Almaguer
- Cuerva
- Domingo Pérez
- Dosbarrios
- El Campillo de la Jara
- El Carpio de Tajo
- El Casar de Escalona
- El Puente del Arzobispo
- El Real de San Vicente
- El Romeral
- El Toboso
- El Viso de San Juan
- Erustes
- Escalona
- Escalonilla
- Espinoso del Rey
- Esquivias
- Fuensalida
- Garciotum
- Gerindote
- Guadamur
- Gálvez
- Herreruela de Oropesa
- Hinojosa de San Vicente
- Hontanar
- Hormigos
- Huecas
- Huerta de Valdecarábanos
- Illescas
- Illán de Vacas
- La Estrella
- La Guardia
- La Iglesuela
- La Mata
- La Nava de Ricomalillo
- La Puebla de Almoradiel
- La Puebla de Montalbán
- La Pueblanueva
- La Torre de Esteban Hambrán
- La Villa de Don Fadrique
- Lagartera
- Las Herencias
- Las Ventas con Peña Aguilera
- Las Ventas de Retamosa
- Las Ventas de San Julián
- Layos
- Lillo
- Lominchar
- Los Cerralbos
- Los Navalmorales
- Los Navalucillos
- Los Yébenes
- Lucillos
- Madridejos
- Magán
- Malpica de Tajo
- Manzaneque
- Maqueda
- Marjaliza
- Marrupe
- Mascaraque
- Mazarambroz
- Mejorada
- Menasalbas
- Mesegar de Tajo
- Miguel Esteban
- Mocejón
- Mohedas de la Jara
- Montearagón
- Montesclaros
- Mora
- Méntrida
- Nambroca
- Navahermosa
- Navalcán
- Navalmoralejo
- Navamorcuende
- Noblejas
- Noez
- Nombela
- Novés
- Numancia de la Sagra
- Nuño Gómez
- Ocaña
- Olías del Rey
- Ontígola
- Orgaz
- Oropesa
- Otero
- Palomeque
- Pantoja
- Paredes de Escalona
- Parrillas
- Pelahustán
- Pepino
- Polán
- Portillo de Toledo
- Puerto de San Vicente
- Pulgar
- Quero
- Quintanar de la Orden
- Quismondo
- Recas
- Retamoso de la Jara
- Rielves
- Robledo del Mazo
- San Bartolomé de las Abiertas
- San Martín de Montalbán
- San Martín de Pusa
- San Pablo de los Montes
- San Román de los Montes
- Santa Ana de Pusa
- Santa Cruz de la Zarza
- Santa Cruz del Retamar
- Santa Olalla
- Santo Domingo-Caudilla
- Sartajada
- Segurilla
- Seseña
- Sevilleja de la Jara
- Sonseca
- Sotillo de las Palomas
- Talavera de la Reina
- Tembleque
- Toledo
- Torralba de Oropesa
- Torrecilla de la Jara
- Torrico
- Torrijos
- Totanés
- Turleque
- Ugena
- Urda
- Valdeverdeja
- Valmojado
- Velada
- Villacañas
- Villafranca de los Caballeros
- Villaluenga de la Sagra
- Villamiel de Toledo
- Villaminaya
- Villamuelas
- Villanueva de Alcardete
- Villanueva de Bogas
- Villarejo de Montalbán
- Villarrubia de Santiago
- Villaseca de la Sagra
- Villasequilla
- Villatobas
- Yeles
- Yepes
- Yuncler
- Yunclillos
- Yuncos
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