Benquerencia de la Serena

Benquerencia de la Serena (Spanish pronunciation: [beŋ.keˈɾen.θja ðe la seˈɾe.na]) is a municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2014 census,[2] the municipality has a population of 904 inhabitants. It is located in La Serena comarca, in the area of the Sierra Morena, the local ranges being Sierra de Benquerencia, Sierra de los Tiros and Sierra de Almorchón.

Benquerencia de la Serena
Municipality
Benquerencia castle
Coat of arms
Benquerencia de la Serena
Location of Benquerencia de la Serena within Extremadura
Benquerencia de la Serena
Benquerencia de la Serena (Spain)
Coordinates: 38°41′58″N 5°29′40″W
Country Spain
Autonomous community Extremadura
ProvinceBadajoz
ComarcaLa Serena
Area
 • Total102.8 km2 (39.7 sq mi)
Elevation
 (AMSL)
672 m (2,205 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total841
 • Density8.2/km2 (21/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2))
Postal code
06429
Area code(s)+34 (Spain) + 924 (Badajoz)

Villages
  • Benquerencia de la Serena
  • Helechal, site of the cortijo del Enjembraero where four political prisoners: Sinesio Calderón, Antonio Cortés, Antonio Iglesias and Manuel Merinot were executed extrajudiciallly on 1 February 1949 accused of assisting the Spanish Maquis by the Francoist authorities.[3][4]
  • La Nava
  • Puerto Hurraco
  • Puerto Mejoral

See also

References
  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
  3. Secundino Serrano Fernández, (2011). Maquis. Historia de la guerrilla antifranquista. Madrid: Temas de hoy. p. 242. ISBN 84-8460-103-X.
  4. Justo Vila Izquierdo, Santiago Álvarez, José Hinojosa & José Sandoval (2003). La guerrilla antifranquista en Extremadura. El movimiento guerrillero de los años 40. Barcelona: Universitas. p. 105. ISBN 84-87098-39-8


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