San Vicente de Alcantara

San Vicente de Alcántara municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Extremadura
Province :	Badajoz
Comarca :	Tierra de Badajoz
Coordinates	39 ° 22 ′  N , 7 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 22 ′  N , 7 ° 8 ′  W
Height :	504  msnm
Area :	275.31 km²
Residents :	5,408 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	19.64 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	06500
Municipality number  ( INE ):	06123
administration
Mayor :	Andrés Hernáiz de Sixte ( PSOE ) (since 2015)
Website :	www.sanvicentedealcantara.es

San Vicente de Alcántara is a Spanish municipality ( municipio ) in the province of Badajoz in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura . In 2016, the municipality counted 5,620 inhabitants on an area of ​​275.3 km². The municipality includes the manor districts ( encomienda ) Dehesa Mayorga and Dehesa Piedrabuena.

location

The municipality is located around 13 km southeast of Valencia de Alcántara and 21 km northwest of Alburquerque on the EX-110 regional road; the border with Portugal is around 25 km away by road.

The railway from Cáceres to Valencia de Alcántara runs through the northern municipality, where the train station is also located.

Development of the population

Attractions

• The baroque parish church of San Vicente Mártir .
• Like the neighboring Valencia de Alcántara, San Vicente de Alcántara has several dolmens
• The Ermita de Santa Ana , built in 1708, was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural .
• The mighty tower, parts of the Torre del Homenaje and various walls have been preserved from the rectangular Castillo de Mayorga on a hill a few kilometers south of the village , which once belonged to the Alcántara Order .

Web links

Commons : San Vicente de Alcántara  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).