| Las Pedroñeras | |
| Translit Lang1 Type: | Spanish |
| Translit Lang1 Info: | Las Pedroñeras |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Image Alt: | Las Pedroñeras |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain |
| Pushpin Map1: | Spain Castilla-La Mancha |
| Pushpin Map Caption1: | Location in Castile-La Mancha |
| Coordinates: | 39.4497°N -2.6731°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Spain |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous Community |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cuenca |
| Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
| Subdivision Name3: | La Mancha |
| Leader Party: | PP |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Jose Manuel Tortosa Ruiz |
| Area Total Km2: | 225 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | (AMSL) |
| Elevation M: | 745 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | GMT +1 |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| 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.
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.