Benquerencia de la Serena

Benquerencia de la Serena
Municipality
Benquerencia castle

Coat of arms
Benquerencia de la Serena
Location of Benquerencia de la Serena within Extremadura
Coordinates: 38°41′58″N 5°29′40″W / 38.69944°N 5.49444°W / 38.69944; -5.49444Coordinates: 38°41′58″N 5°29′40″W / 38.69944°N 5.49444°W / 38.69944; -5.49444
Province Badajoz
Comarca La Serena
Area
 • Total 102.8 km2 (39.7 sq mi)
Elevation (AMSL) 672 m (2,205 ft)
Population (2014)
 • Total 904
 • Density 8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2))
Postal code 06429
Area code(s) +34 (Spain) + 924 (Badajoz)

Benquerencia de la Serena is a municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2014 census,[1] 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.

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.[2][3]
  • La Nava
  • Puerto Hurraco
  • Puerto Mejoral

See also

References

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
  2. ↑ Secundino Serrano Fernández, (2011). Maquis. Historia de la guerrilla antifranquista. Madrid: Temas de hoy. p. 242. ISBN 84-8460-103-X.
  3. ↑ 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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