Hiniesta, La
Zamora · Castilla y León
La Hiniesta, 7 km from the capital, Zamora, of (Reino de León) currently belongs to the province of the same name in the Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla-León in Spain. Uts population was 364 inhabitants (Census 2004 by INE). Its major attraction is the Iglesia de Santa María, a church that King Sancho IV of Leon ordered built in the honor of the Virgin, who appeared to him in una cacería entre unas hiniestas o retamas, from whence it gets its more frequently-used name, Virgen de la Hiniesta. Among its more famous products are the sheep milk cheese, of exquisite purity, of both natural and artisanal manufacture.
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History
El municipio, situado en la comarca de la Tierra del Pan, cuenta con una superficie de 33,10 km² y, según datos del padrón municipal 2019 del INE, cuenta con una población de 316 habitantes. El casco urbano se encuentra situado a escasos 8 km de Zamora, la capital provincial. De su caserío destaca la iglesia de Santa María la Real, declarada monumento histórico-artístico por decreto de 2 de marzo de 1944.
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Quesos La Hiniesta
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Alcaldía: Eugenio Gregorio Prieto
Web oficial: https://ayuntamientolahiniesta.es/
Town hall of Hiniesta, La
Alcaldía: Eugenio Gregorio Prieto Web oficial: https://ayuntamientolahiniesta.es/
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How to get there
- 🚗 8 km from Zamora (about 6 min by car)
- 🚗 112 km from Valladolid (about 79 min by car)
- 🚗 243 km from Burgos (about 172 min by car)
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- ✈️ 89 km from Salamanca airport (about 63 min by car)
- ✈️ 101 km from Valladolid airport (about 71 min by car)
Practical info
🏧 Nearest cash machine
- Nearest cash machine · 5.9 km away
- Caja Rural de Zamora · 5.9 km away
- Caja Rural · 6 km away
⛽ Nearest petrol station
- Repsol · 3.5 km away
- Moeve · 5 km away
- Valcarce · 5 km away
🏖️ Where to swim
- Centro Oceanic · 5.7 km away
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