Plasencia
Sign in to savePlasencia () is a city and municipality in Spain, located in the northern part of the province of Cáceres in the autonomous community of Extremadura. The municipality does not form part of any municipal association with surrounding towns and geographically borders municipalities from six municipal associations: Valle del Jerte, La Vera, Monfragüe and its surroundings, Valle del Alagón, Ambroz Valley, and Trasierra - Tierras de Granadilla. Physically, the city is situated at the gateway to the Valle del Jerte, although administratively it does not belong to it, as the four major population cent
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Plasencia is a city in the Cáceres province of Spain's Extremadura region, notable for its strategic location at the gateway to the Valle del Jerte valley in northern Spain. The municipality stands independently without joining any municipal associations, though it borders several surrounding regions that do form such groupings.
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- From left to right, top to bottom: panoramic view, the New Cathedral of Plasencia, Abuelo Mayorga, the Jerte River, the city walls, the Town Hall, and the aqueduct.
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- 70px
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- The Pearl of the Valley
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- Ut placeat Deo et hominibus(Latin: to please God and men)
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- Spain#Spain Extremadura
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- Contemporary age
- Demography
- Population entities
- Distribution by nationality, sex, and age
- Residents abroad
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- ''Personero del Común''
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- Vía de la Plata
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Plasencia () is a city and municipality in Spain, located in the northern part of the province of Cáceres in the autonomous community of Extremadura. The municipality does not form part of any municipal association with surrounding towns and geographically borders municipalities from six municipal associations: Valle del Jerte, La Vera, Monfragüe and its surroundings, Valle del Alagón, Ambroz Valley, and Trasierra - Tierras de Granadilla. Physically, the city is situated at the gateway to the Valle del Jerte, although administratively it does not belong to it, as the four major population centers in Extremadura (Badajoz, Cáceres, Mérida, and Plasencia) are not part of any comarca or municipal association.
The municipal territory of Plasencia covers an area of 217.94 km² and includes the city of Plasencia as well as the minor local entities of San Gil and Pradochano. The municipality has a population of 39,829 inhabitants, making it the second most populous in the province of Cáceres and the fourth in Extremadura. The city is the episcopal see of its own diocese and the capital of the judicial district no. 4 of the province. As the most populous city in northern Extremadura, it is home to various services of the General State Administration and the Government of Extremadura, serving both its residents and those of numerous neighboring municipalities.