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Plasencia
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Plasencia | |
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| Coordinates: 40°02′N 06°06′W / 40.033°N 6.100°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Extremadura |
| Province | Cáceres |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Fernando Pizarro (PP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 218 km2 (84 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 415 m (1,362 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 40,141 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Placentino/a |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Postal code | 10600 |
| Website | www |
Plasencia (Spanish: [plaˈsenθja] ⓘ) is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cáceres, Extremadura. As of 2013[update], it has a population of 41,047.
Plasencia is located in the Western-Central Iberian Peninsula, to the south of the Sistema Central. Housing primarily lies on the right bank of the Jerte. Plasencia is part of the so-called Ruta de la Plata, a north-south commercial path across Western Spain.
The founding is generally dated to the late 12th century, with Plasencia achieving its basic development during the late Middle Ages.[2]
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Andrés Ordax, Salvador (1987). "Arte y urbanismo en Plasencia en la Edad Media" (PDF). Norba: Revista de arte (7): 47–48. ISSN 0213-2214.
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