PiedrahÃÂta is a municipality located in the province of ÃÂvila, Castile and León, Spain. The town is located in the , on the north slope of the , flanked to the west by the Jura mountain. It is part of the judicial area of PiedrahÃÂta, and of the region.
PiedrahÃÂta 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), Pietrafitta (Avegno, Genoa)