Benquerencia de la Serena

Municipality in Extremadura, Spain

Coat of arms

38°41′58″N 5°29′40″W / 38.69944°N 5.49444°W / 38.69944; -5.49444Country

SpainAutonomous community

ExtremaduraProvinceBadajozComarcaLa SerenaArea

• 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+34 (Spain) + 924 (Badajoz)

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.

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 extrajudicially on 1 February 1949 accused of assisting the Spanish Maquis by the Francoist authorities.^[3]^[4]
La Nava
Puerto Hurraco
Puerto Mejoral

References

^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
^ Secundino Serrano Fernández, (2011). Maquis. Historia de la guerrilla antifranquista. Madrid: Temas de hoy. p. 242. ISBN 84-8460-103-X.
^ 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