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.
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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Festivals
November 2026
Festivals this month
- No festivals recorded this month.
Rest of the year
- September: Fiesta patronal: Santa Maria (8)
Town hall
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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