Piedrahíta is a municipality located in the
province of Ávila
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,
Castile and León
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, Spain. According to the 2024
census
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(
INE), the municipality has a population of 1,637 inhabitants. The town is located in the
Corneja valley , on the north slope of the
Villafranca mountains, flanked to the west by the Jura mountain. It is part of the judicial area of Piedrahíta, and of the
El Barco de Ávila-Piedrahíta region.
Toponymy
Piedrahíta comes from Latin petra ficta, literally "fixed stone". The term designates a stone that serves the role of a boundary marker for a particular property. The toponym is found elsewhere, in
Pierrefitte (
Argelès-Gazost
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The Pyrénées Animal Park is located in Argelès-Gazost.
Population
Climate
See also
*Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées de ...
),
Pietrafitta (
Avegno, Genoa
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References
External links
Piedrahita y sus encantos
Municipalities in the Province of Ávila
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