Casas de Don Pedro

Casas de Don Pedro, meaning 'Lord Peter's houses', is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2014 census,[2] the municipality has a population of 1559 inhabitants.

Casas de Don Pedro
Municipality
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Casas de Don Pedro
Location of Casas de Don Pedro within Extremadura
Coordinates: 39°6′20″N 5°19′51″W
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityExtremadura
ProvinceBadajoz
ComarcaLa Siberia
Area
 • Total142 km2 (55 sq mi)
Elevation
386 m (1,266 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total1,483
 • Density10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

History

At the time of the Spanish Civil War the Francoist concentration camp of Casa Zaldívar, where Spanish Republican military personnel were interned and where many were shot,[3] was located in a cortijo of this municipality.[4]

See also

References
  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
  3. Campo de Concentración de Casa Zaldívar: fusilamientos del 15 de mayo de 1939
  4. Fernando Barrero Arzac, Historia y tragedia de la 109ª BM en el campo de Zaldívar (Badajoz)


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