La Serena, Spain

Comarca in Extremadura, Spain

La Serena

Comarca

Location of the comarca in the province of Badajoz

Coordinates: 38°43′N 5°33′W﻿ / ﻿38.717°N 5.550°W﻿ / 38.717; -5.550Coordinates: 38°43′N 5°33′W﻿ / ﻿38.717°N 5.550°W﻿ / 38.717; -5.550
Country|  Spain
Autonomous community| Extremadura
Province| Badajoz
Capital| Castuera
Area

• Total| 2,654 km2 (1,025 sq mi)
Population

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• Total| 39,333
• Density| 15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)

La Serena is a comarca located in the east of province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. The main town is Castuera.

It is a comarca based on a natural region which includes plains, as well as some low ranges of the Sierra Morena. The climate is continental, with strong fluctuations.

It grows fine grass grazed by merino sheep that produce a renowned wool and whose milk yields a well known cheese denominated La Serena cheese, which is a protected product by its origin.

The population of the territory is around 39,000 inhabitants.

## Municipalities[edit]

The comarca contains the following municipalities:[1]

* Benquerencia de la Serena
* Campanario
* Capilla
* Castuera
* Cabeza del Buey
* Esparragosa de la Serena
* Higuera de la Serena
* La Coronada
* La Haba
* Magacela
* Malpartida de la Serena
* Monterrubio de la Serena
* Orellana la Vieja
* Peñalsordo
* Quintana de la Serena
* Valle de la Serena
* Villanueva de la Serena
* Zalamea de la Serena
* Zarza-Capilla

## External links[edit]

* La Serena (Facebook)
* Oveja Merina
* Queso de Oveja Merina de La Serena
* Denominación de Origen Aceite Monterrubio

## References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Serena, Spain.

1. ^ a b "Comarca de La Serena". Diputación de Badajoz. Retrieved November 3, 2017.

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Comarcas of Extremadura

* Campiña Sur
* Campo Arañuelo
* Jara
* La Serena
* La Siberia
* Las Hurdes
* Las Villuercas
* La Vera
* Llanos de Olivenza
* Los Ibores
* Monfragüe
* Sierra de Gata
* Sierra de San Pedro
* Sierra Suroeste
* Tajo-Salor
* Tentudía
* Tierra de Badajoz
* Tierra de Barros
* Tierra de Miajadas
* Tierra de Mérida - Vegas Bajas
* Tierra de Montánchez
* Tierra de Trujillo
* Tierras de Granadilla
* Valle del Ambroz
* Vegas del Alagón
* Valle del Jerte
* Vegas Altas
* Zafra - Río Bodión

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