Catastro de Ensenada

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The Catastro de Ensenada was an 18th-century Spanish land and population survey that systematically recorded economic and fiscal data across much of the kingdom to reform taxation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish administrative reform project ⓘ
fiscal cadastre ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
land and population survey ⓘ
appliesTo Crown of Castile ⓘ
archivesAt Archivo General de Simancas ⓘ
provincial archives in Spain ⓘ
commissionedBy Ferdinand VI of Spain ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
dataFormat manuscript volumes ⓘ
endTime 1756 ⓘ
excludes Basque provinces ⓘ
Crown of Aragon territories ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Aragon

Navarre ⓘ
follows earlier local cadastres and tax registers in Spain ⓘ
hasPart Libros de Cabeza de Casa ⓘ
Libros de Hacienda ⓘ
Libros de lo Real ⓘ
Respuestas Generales ⓘ
Respuestas Particulares ⓘ
hasScale kingdom-wide survey (Crown of Castile) ⓘ
implementedBy local councils ⓘ
parish priests ⓘ
royal officials ⓘ
inception 1749 ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
location Andalusia (Crown of Castile territories) ⓘ
Castile ⓘ
Extremadura ⓘ
mainSubject economic activity ⓘ
land ownership ⓘ
population ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
methodUsed standardized questionnaire of 40 questions ⓘ
namedAfter Zenón de Somodevilla y Bengoechea, Marqués de la Ensenada ⓘ
purpose creation of a single tax (única contribución) ⓘ
fiscal equalization ⓘ
tax reform ⓘ
records land tenure ⓘ
livestock ⓘ
local industries ⓘ
occupations ⓘ
population by household ⓘ
property values ⓘ
tithes and seigneurial dues ⓘ
significance major source for agrarian and economic history of Spain ⓘ
major source for demographic history of 18th-century Spain ⓘ
startTime 1749 ⓘ
supervisedBy Zenón de Somodevilla y Bengoechea, Marqués de la Ensenada ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ

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