The Cadastre of the Marquis de la Ensenada, carried out in the middle of the 18th century in the Crown of Castile, is one of the main historical sources for the study of demography, economy and territory. It consisted of several books dealing with numerous aspects; the resource shown here corresponds to the Neighbourhood and Census books. By regions, the territories of Andalusia had 1,462,449 inhabitants, Old Castile and León had 1,988,698, New Castile, including Madrid, had 1,040,972, Extremadura had 373,022 inhabitants, while Galicia and Murcia had 1,299312 and 272,057 respectively. A total of approximately 6,436,510 inhabitants for the Crown, where the most populated provinces were Seville (694,771), León (563,689) and Granada (545,285); those with the fewest inhabitants were Zamora (62,304), Toro (79,212) and Ávila (98,873).
Collection: Statistics
Project: 3. Rural world and urban world in the formation of the European identity., 4. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe.
Chronology: XVIII
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Resource type: Statistics
Format: Table
Source: Lanza García, R. (2005). "El vecindario de 1683: una fuente inédita para el estudio de la población de la Corona de Castilla", en Revista de Historia Económica, XXIII, nº 2, p. 345.
Language: Spanish
Date: 2005
Owner: Pablo Ballesta Fernández (Modernalia)
Copyright: ©Revista de Historia Económica ©Ramón Lanza García
Abstract: Resource reflecting the provincial population of the Crown of Castile in the mid-18th century
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Catastro de la EnsenadaCensoCorona de CastillaDemografía HistóricaFuentes históricasGaliciaGranadaLeónMadridMurciaProvinciasRegiones españolasSevillaSiglo XVIIIToroVecindarioZamora
