Orgaz
Sign in to saveOrgaz is a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2024 census, the municipality had a population of 2595 inhabitants, but it has since declined.
Key facts
- Settlement.type
- municipality
- Settlement.official_name
- Orgaz
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Orgaz PM 080103 E.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_flag
- Orgaz Spain.svg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of St Thomas the Apostle
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Orgaz.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous Community
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Toledo
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Montes de Toledo
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Orgaz
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 154
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 744
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Orgaz is a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2024 census, the municipality had a population of 2595 inhabitants, but it has since declined.
== Toponymy == There are several proposed etymologies for the name "Orgaz", but none are definitively confirmed. According to Jiménez de Gregorio, one possible meaning is "fertile" or "abundant", derived from the Celtic root olca-, meaning "fertile field". Meanwhile, Albaigés suggests a Basque origin, linking the name to a variant of orbaiz, ormaitz or urbiz, meaning "strawberry tree grove". Other theories point to a pre-Roman root such as orc- or urc-, or even the Celtic worg-, to which the Basque-derived suffix -az might have been added. In some medieval documents, the town is referred to as "Orgas".