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* [[Pérez Comendador]]-Leroux Museum, 18th century.
* [[Pérez Comendador]]-Leroux Museum, 18th century.
* La Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María (Saint Mary's Parish Church).
* La Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María (Saint Mary's Parish Church).

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{{Municipalities in Cáceres}}


==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.hervas.es/ Hervás City Council website] {{es icon}}
*[http://www.hervas.es/ Hervás City Council website] {{es icon}}
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[[Category:Historic Jewish communities]]
[[Category:Historic Jewish communities]]

Revision as of 18:22, 12 December 2016

For the surname, see Hervás (surname).
Hervás
Municipality
View of Hervás
View of Hervás
Coat of arms of Hervás
Coat of arms
Country Spain
Autonomous Community Extremadura
ProvinceCáceres
ComarcaValle del Ambroz
Government
 • MayorSergio Pérez Martín (PSOE)
Area
 • Total
60 km2 (20 sq mi)
Elevation
(AMSL)
688 m (2,257 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
4,190
 • Density70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2))
Postal code
10700
Area code+34 (Spain) + 927 (Cáceres)
Websitewww.hervas.es

Hervás (Spanish pronunciation: [erˈβas]) is a Spanish town in the north of the province of Cáceres. It had 3,839 inhabitants in 2005. It is 120 km from Cáceres and 90 km far from Salamanca. It is the capital of the Valle de Ambroz comarca in the Ambroz River valley. It has a soft continental climate.

History

In the 12th century, the Knights Templar built Santihervás hermitage under the patronage of the Christian martyrs Gervasius and Protasius. By this hermitage the town started to grow during 13th and 14th centuries.

From its foundation on it belonged to the lordship of Béjar in the Kingdom of Castile: it passed to Cáceres jurisdiction on the 30 November 1833.

La Judería

Lots of Jewish families started to settle from the 15th century on, they even maintained their rituals some years after 1492. The Jewish quarter (Judería) has been maintained and it is one of the tourist lures of the town.

Economy

The textile industry was very important from the 18th to 19th centuries. After that, the chestnut wood industry, handicrafts and tourism have been the pillar of Hervás' economy.

Remarkable buildings

  • La Enfermería de los Religiosos Franciscanos (Franciscan Sickbay), 18th century, current town hall.
  • El Convento de los Religiosos Trinitarios (Trinitarian Convent), current Junta de Extremadura Hospedería (chain of four stars hotels run by regional government).
  • Pérez Comendador-Leroux Museum, 18th century.
  • La Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María (Saint Mary's Parish Church).
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