Benquerencia de la Serena

Benquerencia de la Serena () is a municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2014 census, the municipality has a population of 904 inhabitants. It is located in La Serena comarca, in the area of the Sierra Morena, the local ranges being Sierra de Benquerencia, Sierra de los Tiros and Sierra de Almorchón.

Villages

• Benquerencia de la Serena
• Helechal, site of the cortijo del Enjembraero where four political prisoners: Sinesio Calderón, Antonio Cortés, Antonio Iglesias and Manuel Merinot were executed extrajudicially on 1 February 1949 accused of assisting the Spanish Maquis by the Francoist authorities.
• La Nava
• Puerto Hurraco
• Puerto Mejoral

See also

• Puerto Hurraco massacre
• List of municipalities in Badajoz

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