Campo de Montiel | |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Settlement Type: | Comarca |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Ciudad Real |
Parts Type: | Municipalities |
Parts Style: | list |
P1: | Albaladejo, Alcubillas, Alhambra, Almedina, Carrizosa, Castellar de Santiago, Cózar, Fuenllana, Membrilla, Montiel, Puebla del Príncipe, San Carlos del Valle, Santa Cruz de los Cáñamos, Terrinches, Torre de Juan Abad, Villanueva de la Fuente, Villanueva de los Infantes, Villahermosa, Villamanrique |
Area Total Km2: | 2812.32 |
Population Total: | 27903 |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Campo de Montiel is a comarca (county, with no administrative role) in Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
Campo de Montiel is a Spanish region, integrated historically and geographically in La Mancha (specifically in the Lower Mancha), one to whose former province it belonged. It is formed mainly by municipalities that are in the southeast of the province of Ciudad Real, which is joined by the municipality of Ossa de Montiel, in the province of Albacete and geographically also others from that province. Both provinces are located in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha.
This region originated when the Order of Santiago received it as lordship, which founded three towns: Torre de Juan Abad, Alhambra and Montiel, each with numerous villages that later became independent. In the sixteenth century, King Felipe II consecrated this region by placing the county capital in Villanueva de los Infantes, as it was and is the geographic center of Campo de Montiel.