Iluro was a Roman town on the coast of Hispania Tarraconensis, on the site of the present-day city of Mataró in Catalonia, Spain. Founded in the early first century BC as part of the Roman reorganization of the Catalan coast, it was recorded by Pliny the Elder as a settlement of Roman citizens and was later raised to the rank of municipium. Laid out on a regular grid plan, it remained a small but active community into late antiquity, when its urban center gave way to scattered settlement in the sixth and seventh centuries AD.
Facts
Founding Year Founding Year Elevation (m) Latitude41.539531 degrees north 3 Sources
1. City Population (citypopulation.de): Spain: Autonomous Communities and Major Cities
City Population (citypopulation.de)Cities table, 2025-01-01 evaluation column (Mataro)Quote, Cities table, 2025-01-01 evaluation column (Mataro)
Mataró CAT 97,008 101,510 106,358 123,367 129,749 131,370 2230
2. Iluro (Hispania Tarraconensis) (Wikipedia)
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Iluro (also Ilturo) was a Roman town on the coast of Hispania Tarraconensis, on the site of the present-day city of Mataró in Catalonia, Spain.
History
It was founded ex novo in the early decades of the 1st century BC in the territory of the Iberian Laietani, as part of the Roman reorganisation of the Catalan coast, and is recorded by Pliny the Elder as an oppidum civium Romanorum.
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It was founded ex novo in the early decades of the 1st century BC in the territory of the Iberian Laietani, as part of the Roman reorganisation of the Catalan coast, and is recorded by Pliny the Elder as an oppidum civium Romanorum.
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View the Source3. Iluro (Hispania Tarraconensis) (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 41.539531, longitude 2.447864
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 28 m
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