merindad
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It sits within the topics Spanish words and phrases and Types of administrative division.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Navarre
- ''Merindad'' of Estella
- ''Merindad'' of Olite
- ''Merindad'' of Ribera
- Evolution of the ''merindad'' of Tudela
- See also
- References
'''' () is a mediaeval Spanish administrative term for a country subdivision smaller than a province but larger than a municipality. The officer in charge of a merindad was called a merino, roughly equivalent to the English count or bailiff.
It was used in the kingdoms of Castile and Navarre. Connected to the birth of Castile, the Merindades, standing for the northernmost comarca of the province of Burgos, was part of the creation of the administrative division by King Peter.
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