La population de la Rioja au XVIe siècle

The present study of the population of Rioja (Old Castile) is based on several different sources, essentially population counts (seven in all for this century, but of varying quality) and parish registers, which are fairly numerous after 1550. The high population density is shown, then trends are examined : both the population counts and die baptism data indicate an upward trend which stopped around 1560-1570, followed by a population decline wich accelerated in the last decade. The lack of migration data and the relatively slight impact of the 1564-1567 and 1599-1600 epidemics do not enable the real causes of the growth pattern to be determined.The present study of the population of Rioja (Old Castile) is based on several different sources, essentially population counts (seven in all for this century, but of varying quality) and parish registers, which are fairly numerous after 1550. The high population density is shown, then trends are examined : both the population counts and die baptism data indicate an upward trend which stopped around 1560-1570, followed by a population decline wich accelerated in the last decade. The lack of migration data and the relatively slight impact of the 1564-1567 and 1599-1600 epidemics do not enable the real causes of the growth pattern to be determined.Lazaro Ruiz Mercedes, Gurria Garcia Pedro-A., Brumont Francis. La population de la Rioja au XVIe siècle. In: Annales de démographie historique, 1988. Les transitions démographiques. pp. 221-241