Las Pedroñeras

Las Pedroñeras
Municipality
Las Pedroñeras
Flag Coat of arms
Las Pedroñeras Location in Spain
Coordinates: 39°26′59″N 2°40′23″W / 39.44972°N 2.67306°W / 39.44972; -2.67306
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)[1]
• 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.

Typical products

The main activity is garlic farming and wine making. In Spain Pedroñeras is called the "Garlic Capital", because the good quality of its Ajos Morados (purple garlic), publicized on television by Karlos Arguiñano, a Spanish chef. Every summer the International Garlic Congress takes place in the town.

Notable people

• Asunción de Zea-Bermúdez (1862-1936), writer and essayist

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Las Pedroñeras.

In Spanish

• Las Pedroñeras Town Hall
• Las Pedroñeras
• News about Las Pedroñeras
• Las Pedroñeras Street Map
• International Garlic Congress
• Las Pedroñeras

In English or other languages

• Info about the Pedroñeras' Garlic
• Spanish Garlic from Las Pedroñeras
• Garlic

39°27′N 2°40′W / 39.450°N 2.667°W / 39.450; -2.667

This page was last edited on 20 August 2023, at 03:23