La Sagra

La Sagra is a region in central Spain lying between the cities of Madrid and Toledo. In a wider sense, it includes municipalities belonging to both the south of the Community of Madrid and the north of the province of Toledo.[1] In a more restricted sense, concerning the municipalities in Castilla−La Mancha, the Toledan Sagra includes municipalities in the right (north) bank of the Tagus up to the northern provincial border with the Madrid region, whilst its Western limits are moot.[2]

Landscape near Esquivias.

The placename comes from the Arabic Al-Saqra, 'cultivated field'.[3]

Extending across roughly 1,100 km2, the Toledan Sagra features a generally flat landscape.[4]

In the 21st-century, the area has experienced robust demographic growth and a boom of logistics.[5]

References
  1. Jiménez de Gregorio, Fernando (2002). La Sagra toledana (PDF). Toledo: Diputación de Toledo. p. 8.
  2. Jiménez de Gregorio 2002, pp. 8, 10.
  3. Molina Holgado, Pedro; Lacasta Reoyo, Pilar (2013). "Las campiñas de La Sagra, entre la ruralidad y la transformación metropolitana" (PDF). Atlas de los paisajes agrarios de España. Vol. 2. p. 662. ISBN 978-84-491-1381-9.
  4. Hojas, Luis (2008). "La Sagra – Territory and mobility in the 21st century" (PDF). Nova Terra. Connected Cities. ISSN 1570-0402 – via Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
  5. Núñez, Julio (10 February 2021). "La Sagra, una excepción en la España vacía". El País.

Bibliography
  • Rodríguez Rodríguez, Vicente (1981), La desamortización de Mendizábal en la Sagra, Caja de Ahorros Provincial de Toledo
  • Rodríguez Rodríguez, Vicente (1981), Notas sobre la historia y geografía de la Sagra, Diputación Provincial de Toledo
  • Rodríguez Rodríguez, Vicente (1983), La tierra de la Sagra Toledana, su evolución de los siglos XVI a XX, Caja de Ahorros provincial de Toledo
  • Sánchez González, Ramón (1991), "Economía y sociedad en el Antiguo Régimen", La economía de la Sagra en el XVIII, Diputación Provincial de Toledo
  • Sánchez González, Ramón, La guerra de las comunidades en la Sagra

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