Villacañas
Villacañas is a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
Geography
To the northwest of the town, the planiform relief of La Mancha is interrupted by the Sierra de El Romeral, a hill range following a NE-SE direction. At 877 metres above sea level, the highest point in the municipality is the so-called Pico de El Romeral, coterminous with the municipality of El Romeral. The town is located at about 668 metres above mean sea level. To the east and south of the town, the flat territory features an endorheic lagoon system, as well as the course of the, a tributary of the Cigüela.
History
In 1183, the territory became a possession of the Knights Hospitaller, whose priorial administration was based in Consuegra. Villacañas received a population charter in 1230. Instances of local microtoponyms suggest that the population of the territory may had been carried out by settlers from Segovia and Galicia. On 12 May 1557, the place received the privilege of township.