Cobeja is a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 2047 inhabitants.
History
Alfonso VI gave the population of Cubeixa in 1086, along with other territories to the church Santa Maria de Toledo, following the recapture of the city. Was repopulated in 1155 with 18 inhabitants, and in 1159, the council of Toledo donates three quarters of the village of Alameda at the end of Cobeja.
In the list of rents received in 1232 the Cathedral of Toledo is mentioned Couexa. The reviews that appear in the Mozarabic documents of the time there is the difficulty of distinguishing Cobeja of Cobisa because Arabic is written in the same way.
Location
The town is situated on a plain of the county of La Sagra and adjoining populations Pantoja, Alameda de la Sagra, Villaseca de la Sagra and Villaluenga de la Sagra, all of Toledo.
Administration
List of mayors since the democratic elections of 1979
Period Mayor Party 1979–1983 Longinos Díaz Herrando UCD 1983–1987 Miguel Núñez Viso AP/PDP/UL1987–1991Antonio Largo RodríguezPSOE1991–1995Antonio Largo RodríguezPSOE1995–1999Antonio Largo RodríguezPSOE1999–2003Antonio Largo Rodríguez (11 May 2000) Francisco Núñez NúñezPSOE2003–2007Antonio Fernández RedondoPP2007–2011Antonio Fernández RedondoPP
Demography
The following table shows the evolution of population between 1996 and 2006 according to data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).
Year1996199819992000200120022003200420052006Inhabitants1736174917901804181218591929198619942047
Monuments To highlight the Church of San Juan Bautista and the water source, dating from 1702
Festivities 20 January: Saint Sebastian Third weekend of September: Festivities in honor of the Virgen del Carmen
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