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San Martín de Montalbán

human settlement in Toledo Province, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ1640784 ↗
Source-derived summary

San Martín de Montalbán is a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 748 inhabitants.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “San Martín de Montalbán” as human settlement in Toledo Province, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Martín, Montalbán and human.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Martín, Montalbán and human providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “San Martín de Montalbán”, the useful work is to connect “human settlement in Toledo Province, Castile-La Mancha, Spain” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1640784. VIAF identifies the subject as 178099280. Authority coordinates are 39.702, -4.387. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “San Martín de Montalbán”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow San Martín de Montalbán primary sources, San Martín de Montalbán archive and Martín research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “San Martín de Montalbán”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “San Martín de Montalbán” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.