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5 eras · 914–2026 · 6 places

Campo de Gibraltar — Algeciras, La Línea, San Roque

Algeciras, La Línea de la Concepción, San Roque, Tarifa, Estepona. Which empire held this ground in which years — and, the part that matters, which archive that means.

Whose archive this ground was

YearsWho held itWhose archive that means
914–1344 Umayyad Córdoba, the Algeciras taifa, Marinids and Granada no registers survive

Before registers. Abd al-Rahman III took Algeciras in 914, it was an independent taifa from 1035 to 1058, Granada ceded it to the Marinids in 1274-75 and regained it in 1295.
1344–1704 Crown of Castile: territory of Gibraltar PARES

Alfonso XI took Algeciras in March 1344, but the Nasrids seized it in 1369 and the town was razed. Jurisdiction passed to Gibraltar in 1462, and until 1704 the Campo de Gibraltar was the municipal territory of Gibraltar, about 500 square kilometres.
1704–1759 Refugees from Gibraltar PARES · FamilySearch

Gibraltar was captured in 1704; the former inhabitants settled nearby and created Algeciras, San Roque and Los Barrios. By the Peace of Utrecht in 1713 the refugees abandoned plans to return.
1759–2003 Spain: separate municipalities PARES · FamilySearch · Geneanet

Algeciras, San Roque and Los Barrios were each established as separate municipalities in 1759, and Charles III rebuilt Algeciras on a rectangular plan in 1760. The Algeciras Conference on Morocco met in the town hall in 1906, and the Gibraltar border was sealed from 1969 to 1982.
2003–2026 Comarca of the Campo de Gibraltar (province of Cádiz) PARES · FamilySearch

The Junta de Andalucía established the comarca in 2003.

The rings are approximate — deliberately. They exist to shade which filing system a place fell under, not to adjudicate a border. A place near a ring's edge should be checked against both neighbours.

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