fluctuación - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 14:56:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg fluctuación - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The population of Guadalajara (Spain) in 1591. Original figures and corrected figures https://historylab.es/the-population-of-guadalajara-spain-in-1591-original-figures-and-corrected-figures/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-population-of-guadalajara-spain-in-1591-original-figures-and-corrected-figures Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:02 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-poblacion-de-guadalajara-espana-en-1591-cifras-originales-y-cifras-corregidas/ Evolution of the population of Guadalajara in 1591 through original and corrected data

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]]> The predominance of the rural over the urban world in Guadalajara was overwhelming until a few decades ago. The present-day province had its homonymous city which, according to counts, never concentrated more than 3.8% of the population; its towns, villages and farmhouses always housed more than 95% of its inhabitants. According to the calculations, the 1591 count exaggerates the size of the neighbourhood, as it takes into account different conditioning factors: the census took place during a phase of demographic expansion in Guadalajara during the fifteenth century, which reached the end of the 1580s, and during the recession, a birth rate of less than 35 ‰ is too low. On the other hand, as some authors point out, those who took the census of the millions relied on the local censuses of the ordinary and extraordinary service, and often tended to increase the number of neighbours so that the burdens could be shared. After various trials, a birth rate of 39 ‰ has been chosen because by 1590, the province was entering a phase of demographic recession, this percentage indicator being the rate that minimises the sharp contrast between the decline in baptisms and the population. The correction in the census of millions, which reduces the provincial number of inhabitants by 10.9%, is somewhat arbitrary, although it is based on the baptismal registers.

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]]> Evolution of the number of inhabitants of the province of Guadalajara (Spain) and its comarcas according to censuses and neighbourhoods (1530-1860) https://historylab.es/evolution-of-the-number-of-inhabitants-of-the-province-of-guadalajara-spain-and-its-comarcas-according-to-censuses-and-neighbourhoods-1530-1860/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=evolution-of-the-number-of-inhabitants-of-the-province-of-guadalajara-spain-and-its-comarcas-according-to-censuses-and-neighbourhoods-1530-1860 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:02 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/evolucion-del-numero-de-habitantes-de-la-provincia-de-guadalajara-espana-y-sus-comarcas-segun-censos-y-vecindarios-1530-1860/ Evolution of the number of inhabitants in the province of Guadalajara between 1530 and 1860

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]]> The predominance of the rural over the urban world in Guadalajara was overwhelming until a few decades ago. The present-day province had its homonymous city which, according to counts, never concentrated more than 3.8% of the population; its towns, villages and farmhouses always housed more than 95% of its inhabitants. The traditional division of the territory is made up of four comarcas: La Campiña, La Sierra, La Alcarria and Molina de Aragón. From the end of the 16th century, census figures reveal the marked demographic weakness of Guadalajara: from 1591 to 1860, the provincial population grew at an insignificant rate of 0.06%. In the two and a half centuries, the movement of the provincial rate of baptisms allows us to distinguish two phases: a downward trend culminating in the War of Succession and a phase of mild recovery from the end of the conflict until 1860. Between 1591 and 1860, population growth rates were very low or negative in La Alcarria and La Campiña, while in the two remaining counties they reached 0.20%, densely populated territories at the end of the 16th century. From the beginning of the 17th century to the mid-19th century, the provincial population tended to reduce its unequal spatial distribution. La Alcarria and La Campiña went from 74.4% in 1591 to 59.1% in 1860. However, the different counts allow us to examine the behaviour of the population of the province and its comarcas: from 1591 to 1752, the number of inhabitants fell by 40.3% in La Campiña; 21.3% in La Alcarria and 17.6% in the province, despite an increase of 16% in La Sierra and 28.5% in Molina de Aragón.

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