Herguijuela de la Sierra | |
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Coordinates: 40°26′1″N 6°4′0″W / 40.43361°N 6.06667°W | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Castile and León |
Province | Salamanca |
Comarca | Sierra de Francia |
Government | |
• Mayor | Rafael Rivero Sánchez |
Area | |
• Total | 32 km2 (12 sq mi) |
Elevation | 648 m (2,126 ft) |
Population (2018)[2] | |
• Total | 264 |
• Density | 8.3/km2 (21/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 37619 |
Herguijuela de la Sierra is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castilla y León. It is located 86 kilometres (53 mi) from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 299 people. It is known, besides for its and other towns in the area's quaint old village air, for having a several-hundred-year-old beech tree nearby, one of two in all of western-central Spain.