Tamajón
human settlement in Guadalajara Province, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Tamajón is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 205 inhabitants and has a surface area of 116.28 km2.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.
“Tamajón” enters the record as human settlement in Guadalajara Province, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Tamajón, human and settlement can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 25, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1656074. The first chronological checks are 2006.
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This entry incorporates text from “Tamajón” 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.