Cuéllar

Cuéllar (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkweʎar]) is a small Town and Municipality in the Province of Segovia, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, in Spain. It had a population of 9,725 in 2011.

The town is settled on a hill, and it is 60 km north-east of the capital city of Segovia, and 50 km south of Valladolid. It has an extension of 272 km² and it is 857 m above sea level. Flowing though the town are the rivers Cerquilla and Cega. To the north, the town borders the municipality of Bahabón (province of Valladolid); to the south it borders Sanchonuño; to the east is Frumales; and to the west are the municipalities of San Cristóbal de Cuéllar and Vallelado.

Cuéllar has a long-standing agriculture tradition. Specific crops are cereals, vegetables, chicory, legumes, and beet. Specific livestock raised are pigs, sheep and cows. Many years ago, forestry and resin production were important economic resources too.

History

There is some evidence of scattered Iron Age settlements in the upper area, near the castle. Roman settlements have not been discovered in the town.

Cuellar (surname)

Cuellar or Cuéllar is a Spanish surname that was derived from the name of the town Cuéllar in the Segovia province of Spain, with spelling variations that include; Cuéllar, de Cuéllar, Cuellar, de Cuellar, Cuello, de Cuello, Coello de Coello and many more, and were first found in the Kingdom of Castile, an important Christian kingdom of medieval Spain.

Origin and history

Ocariz qualifies the nobility for that of Cuéllar; and in effect long enough to give a full idea of its age and noble origin, of nobility and high merits of its illustrious sons and elevated junctions and alliances they have made. To quote one of the many passages in dealing with such a qualified surname; “After having said that in the early fifteenth century, which flourished in the Infante Don Fernando de Antequera, who was then king of Aragon, distinguished in their service, Fernan Cuéllar Velazquez, named for a native of the village of Cuéllar being the Chancellor and ambassador to Naples, three times viceroy of Sicily", adds married Dona Ines Alfonso, illustrious lineage, and continues, "They had twelve children, the eldest son Ortun Cuéllar Velazquez, mayor of Seville in 1417, the Royal Council of Castile in 1421: dean of Segovia , apostolic prothonotary, ambassador to France, year 1454 and lately bishop of Leon.

Cuellar (disambiguation)

Cuéllar is a town in Spain.

Cuellar or Cuéllar may also refer to:

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