Las Pedroñeras
Las Pedroñeras | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Las Pedroñeras | |
| Coordinates: 39°26′59″N 2°40′23″W / 39.44972°N 2.67306°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous Community | Castile-La Mancha |
| Province | Cuenca |
| Comarca | La Mancha |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jose Manuel Tortosa Ruiz (PP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 225 km2 (87 sq mi) |
| Elevation (AMSL) | 745 m (2,444 ft) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 6,548 |
| • Density | 29/km2 (75/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (GMT +1) |
| Postal code | 16660 |
| Area code | +34 (Spain) + 969 (Cuenca) |
| Website | www.laspedroneras.es |
Las Pedroñeras is a small town and municipality in the province of Cuenca, in the central region of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, southwestern Spain.
It was founded around 1500, and it is believed that the name comes from "Pedro" (Stone in Spanish) + "Heras" (Farming Field in Spanish).
Las Pedroñeras has about 7000 people in the winter and 10,000 in the summer. Official data from INE is 7,058 inhabitants.