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Benafarces

Coordinates: 41°37′N 5°17′W / 41.617°N 5.283°W / 41.617; -5.283
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Benafarces, Spain
Flag of Benafarces, Spain
Coat of arms 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)

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.

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 / 41.617°N 5.283°W / 41.617; -5.283