Cañaveral de León
Huelva · Andalucía
Cañaveral de León is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. According to the 2005 census, it has a population of 419 inhabitants and covers a 35 km2 area (12.0 people/km2). It sits at an altitude of 533 m above sea level, and is 134 km from the capital.
Origins
Con mucha probabilidad, la villa debe su nombre a los numerosos Cañaverales que crecían en sus múltiples huertos, regados por las aguas de su Manantial natural ubicado en las mismas calles de la localidad, combinado con su pertenencia a la Encomienda de León.[cita requerida]
History
Cañaveral de León is part of a group of four sister villages, the three other ones, located in the Badajoz Province (Extremadura), being Calera de León, Segura de León and Fuentes de León. These lands were conquered from the Moors in the mid-thirteenth century by the Order of Santiago, All of them once belonged to the Encomienda Mayor de León (Greater Commandery of León), who was in charge of repopulating the area with people from Castilla y León.
The title of villa was granted to Cañaveral de León by King Philip II on 30 December 1588, which allowed the village to secede from Fuentes de León. Until 1833, the village was part of the Badajoz Province. in the next years, Cañaveral de León had a big dispute with the neighbouring village of Hinojales for the ownership of the area known as Umbría de Hinojales; Hinojales eventually won the case in court and Cañaveral de León lost some 4,500 ha of land.
What to visit
•Museo Etnológico del Aceite
•Mirador de El Puerto
Gallery
Festivals
November 2026
Festivals this month
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Trails and hiking
•Camino de Marmolejo al Santuario de la Virgen de la Cabeza (GR 48)
•Camino de Santiago del Sur
Routes passing through Cañaveral de León
Famous people
•Carmelo Romero Núñez, político español
Town hall
Web oficial: http://www.canaveraldeleon.es/
Town hall of Cañaveral de León
Web oficial: http://www.canaveraldeleon.es/
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How to get there
- 🚗 105 km from Sevilla (about 74 min by car)
- 🚗 116 km from Huelva (about 82 min by car)
- 🚗 129 km from Badajoz (about 91 min by car)
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- ✈️ 109 km from Sevilla airport (about 77 min by car)
- ✈️ 126 km from Badajoz airport (about 89 min by car)
Practical info
🏧 Nearest cash machine
- Banco Santander · 5.8 km away
- Ibercaja · 5.9 km away
- La Caixa · 9.4 km away
⛽ Nearest petrol station
- Iberdoex Noga · 6.3 km away
🔭 Viewpoints
- Mirador de El Puerto · 1.1 km away
🏖️ Where to swim
- La laguna · 0.1 km away
- Piscina para adultos · 5.6 km away
- Piscina para niños · 5.6 km away
Buses
2 paradas de autobús en el municipio.
Wall
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News
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