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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instanceOf Spanish administrative reform project
fiscal cadastre
historical document
land and population survey
appliesTo Crown of Castile NERFINISHED
archivesAt Archivo General de Simancas NERFINISHED
provincial archives in Spain
commissionedBy Ferdinand VI of Spain NERFINISHED
country Spain
dataFormat manuscript volumes
endTime 1756
excludes Basque provinces
Crown of Aragon territories NERFINISHED
Navarre NERFINISHED
follows earlier local cadastres and tax registers in Spain
hasPart Libros de Cabeza de Casa
Libros de Hacienda NERFINISHED
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) NERFINISHED
Castile NERFINISHED
Extremadura NERFINISHED
mainSubject economic activity
land ownership
population
taxation
methodUsed standardized questionnaire of 40 questions
namedAfter Zenón de Somodevilla y Bengoechea, Marqués de la Ensenada NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
timePeriod 18th century

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