El Real de San Vicente
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  El Real de San Vicente Location within Castilla–La Mancha  El Real de San Vicente Location within Spain | |
| Coordinates: 40°08′N 4°41′W / 40.133°N 4.683°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castilla–La Mancha |
| Province | Toledo |
| Area | |
• Total | 54 km2 (21 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 966 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (46/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
El Real de San Vicente is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha. According to the 2006 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 1050 inhabitants.
Geography
The town is located in the Sierra de San Vicente, a mountain range in between the Tagus and the Tiétar displaying a landscape characterised by granite outcrops and dehesas of Quercus rotundifolia and Quercus faginea.[2]
History
Early instances of human occupation of the territory in the municipality include the site of Cerro del Oso,[3] about one kilometer to the northeast of the village.[4] It featured Iron Age occupation as a fortified hilltop settlement (castro) and earlier proposed phases of occupation perhaps tracing back to the Chalcolithic–Early Bronze age.[5] The onset of the Roman world brought the end of many hilltop settlements.
Founded not later than 1400, El Real de San Vicente obtained the privilege of township in 1631.[6] The road connecting Castillo de Bayuela with El Real de San Vicente was built in 1929.[7] Phone service became available in 1955.[8]
References
- ↑ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2025). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2025".
- ↑ Moraleda Olivares & Llave Muñoz 2015, pp. 196–197.
- ↑ Buitrago González 2005, p. 12.
- ↑ Moraleda Olivares, Alberto; Llave Muñoz, Sergio de la (2015). "El hábitat fortificado del cerro de la Cabeza del Oso (El Real de San Vicente, Toledo). Un modelo de control territorial durante la Prehistoria Reciente". Fortificaciones en la Edad del Hierro: control de los recursos y el territorio [Cabeza del Oso fortified settlement (El Real de San Vicente, Toledo). A territorial control model during Late Prehistory] (PDF). p. 196–197. ISBN 978-84-944018-6-2.
- ↑ Moraleda Olivares & Llave Muñoz 2015, p. 204.
- ↑ Buitrago González, José Luis (2005). La acción del medio natural en el hombre. Memoria para un estudio etnográfico de la Sierra de San Vicente. Toledo: Diputación de Toledo. p. 12.
- ↑ Jiménez de Gregorio, Fernando (1991). Comarca de la Sierra de San Vicente (PDF). Temas toledanos. Toledo: Diputación de Toledo. p. 33. ISBN 84-8710323-5.
- ↑ Jiménez de Gregorio 1991, p. 38.
