Back ميرينداد (تقسيم إداري) Arabic Merindá AST Merindad Breton Merindad Catalan Merindad (división administrativa) Spanish Merindade Basque Mérindade French Merindad (divisione amministrativa) Italian Merindade MWL Merindad Occitan
Merindad (Spanish pronunciation: [meɾinˈdað]) is a mediaeval Spanish administrative term for a country subdivision smaller than a province but larger than a municipality.[citation needed] The officer in charge of a merindad was called a merino, roughly equivalent to the English count or bailiff.[1]
It was used in the kingdoms of Castile and Navarre. Connected to the birth of Castile, the Merindades, standing for the northernmost comarca of the province of Burgos, was part of the creation of the administrative division by King Peter.[1]