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View of the town in 2010
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| Location of Castrillo Mota de Judíos in Spain | |||
| Coordinates: 42°18′37″N 04°10′25″W / 42.31028°N 4.17361°W | |||
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| Comarca | Odra-Pisuerga | ||
| Settled | 1035 | ||
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| • Total | 22.051 km2 (8.514 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 791 m (2,595 ft) | ||
| Population (2012) | |||
| • Total | 64 | ||
| • Density | 2.9/km2 (7.5/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 09107 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Castrillo Mota de Judíos, is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. At the 2004 census (INE) the municipality had a population of 71 inhabitants.
The town is located on a plain area, near the river Odra, 51 km in west of Burgos and 54 in north-east of Palencia. It is crossed by the roads BU-400 and BU-403.
The town was originally named Castrillo Motajudíos ("Hill of Jews Camp") in 1035 when Jews fleeing from a nearby pogrom settled there; it was changed to Castrillo Matajudíos ("Jew-killer Camp") in 1627 during a period of religious persecution of non-Christians in Spain (the Jews had been expelled from Spain in 1492). In June 2015 the name was changed back to Castrillo Mota de Judíos following a campaign led by mayor Lorenzo Rodríguez leading to a vote among the villagers in May 2014.
The 2005 French film Saint-Jacques... La Mecque, directed by Coline Serreau, was set also in the town.
Castrillo Mota de Judíos is twinned with: