Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Official Name: | Pinofranqueado |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Extremadura#Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Pinofranqueado in Extremadura##Location of Pinofranqueado in Spain. |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Coordinates: | 40.3039°N -6.4981°W |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name3: | Las Hurdes |
Leader Title: | Alcalde |
Leader Name: | José Antonio Caldoria Gómez |
Area Total Km2: | 148 |
Elevation M: | 760 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Pinofranqueado, locally known as Pinofranqueáu, is a municipality located in Las Hurdes, province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2005 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 1651 inhabitants.
King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia visited Pinofranqueado in April 1998, the first royal visity to Las Hurdes since 1922. In his speech the king praised the Hurdanos for having overcome the miseries and illnesses of the past.[1]
The following alquerías (small settlements of a few houses) are within the municipal limits of Pinofranqueado (traditional name variants are in brackets):