Benafarces

Benafarces is a municipality located in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 114 inhabitants.

Benafarces, Spain
Flag of Benafarces, Spain
Official seal of Benafarces, Spain
Church of Asunción
Church of Asunción
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCastile and León
ProvinceValladolid
MunicipalityBenafarces
Area
  Total16.65 km2 (6.43 sq mi)
Elevation
743 m (2,438 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
  Total68
  Density4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

In 1147 Osorio Martínez granted a fuero to Benafarces with the approval of Alfonso VII. The village in turn was required to make an annual payment in kind of half a sheep, ten loaves of bread, some barley, and some must.[2]

Notes

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. Simon Barton, The Aristocracy in Twelfth-century León and Castile (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 95.

41°37′N 5°17′W


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