| Hervás | |
| Native Name: | Ervás |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Translit Lang1 Type: | Spanish |
| Translit Lang1 Info: | Hervás |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain Extremadura#Spain |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Extremadura |
| Coordinates: | 40.2739°N -5.8658°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Spain |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous Community |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cáceres |
| Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
| Subdivision Name3: | Valle del Ambroz |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Party: | People's Party |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Gloria de los Santos Vizcaino Martín |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 59.78 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | (AMSL) |
| Elevation M: | 688 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Total: | 3907 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST (GMT +2) |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 10700 |
| Area Code: | +34 (Spain) + 927 (Cáceres) |
Hervás (pronounced as /es/; ext|Ervás) is a Spanish town in the north of the province of Cáceres. It had 3,907 inhabitants in 2023.[3] It is 120 km from Cáceres and 90 km far from Salamanca. It is the capital of the Valle de Ambroz comarca in the Ambroz River valley.[4] It has a soft continental climate.
In the 12th century, the Knights Templar built Santihervás hermitage under the patronage of the Christian martyrs Gervasius and Protasius. By this hermitage the town started to grow during 13th and 14th centuries.
From its foundation on it belonged to the lordship of Béjar in the Kingdom of Castile:[5] it passed to Cáceres jurisdiction on the 30 November 1833. The city's civil and religious architecture has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest since 1969.[6]
Many Jewish families settled here from the 15th century on. Some Jews remained in Hervas following their expulsion from Spain in 1492; although they officially converted to Christianity, they continued to practice Judaism in secrecy for a very long time. A proverb that is still common today in the area says that “in Hervás there are many Jews”. The Jewish quarter (Judería) of Hervas has been maintained and it is one of the main tourist attractions of the town.[7]
The textile industry was very important from the 18th to 19th centuries. After that, the chestnut wood industry, handicrafts and tourism have been the pillar of Hervás' economy.