Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Official Name: | Quero |
Pushpin Map: | Spain |
Pushpin Map Location: | Location in Spain |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Mancha Alta de Toledo |
Area Total Km2: | 103.92 |
Elevation M: | 648.9 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 39.5081°N -3.2469°W |
Population Demonym: | Quereño/Quereña |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 45790 |
Quero is a municipality in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, in central Spain. According to the 2012 census the municipality has a population of 1,311 inhabitants, down from a total of 3,101 in the 1930 census.[1]
Quero \is located 107 km east of Toledo. Historically it is documented that in 1162, during the Reconquista, its lands belonged to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. In 1241 the lands were handed over to the Comendador of Consuegra.[2]
Quero lies close to a relatively large pond known as Laguna Grande.[3] The town is located in the comarca of Mancha Alta de Toledo, named after the historical and natural region of La Mancha.