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Village · Guadalajara · 1,190 m

El Pedregal

El Pedregal is the last village on the N-211 before entering Teruel, at about 1,190 metres, between plains and heights rising to Sierra Menera. It named the historical Sexma del Pedregal. It preserves five pairones, including a 19th-century one on the Setiles road still used for blessing fields on the May Cross.

Panoramic view of El Pedregal, with the church among the houses and open fields around it.
El Pedregal and its church tower. Photo: «El Pedregal, Guadalajara, España, 2017-05-22, DD 66», Diego Delso (2017) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Lands and landscapes

From here, follow the memory of the territory

These readings connect El Pedregal with the history, work, and villages around it.

What to see in El Pedregal

  • Its pairones: five stone pillars beside paths, such as that of San Pedro (19th century) on the track to Setiles.
  • Sierra Menera to the south, approaching 1,380 metres at Collado del Raso.

Village of the Sexma

The Tierra de Molina was divided into four sexmas, and one took its name from this village: the Sexma del Pedregal, gathering settlements in the southeast of the Señorío. El Pedregal sits at about 1,190 metres and is the last municipality traversed by the N-211 before reaching Teruel.

Nearby

Setiles, with its iron mines, and El Pobo de Dueñas, about six kilometres away.

Places in and around El Pedregal

Heritage

Pairones of El Pedregal

El Pedregal

Routes linked to El Pedregal

Route

GR-160, Camino del Cid, through the Señorío de Molina

Near El Pedregal

Geosite · 5.9 km straight-line distance away

Setiles iron mines: the other side of Sierra Menera

Setiles
Museum · 6.6 km straight-line distance away

Ethnographic Museum of El Pobo de Dueñas

El Pobo de Dueñas
Route · 6.6 km straight-line distance away

PR-GU 23: the historic mining trail of Setiles

15.8 km · Circular
Water source · 6.7 km straight-line distance away

Setiles lagoon or Laguna de los Majanos
Museum · 10.1 km straight-line distance away

Hombrados Open-Air Museum: farm machinery in the streets

Hombrados
Water source · ≈ 12.3 km straight-line distance away

Tordesilos lagoon: birds on the eastern boundary

Tordesilos
Recreation area · ≈ 12.3 km straight-line distance away

La Laguna recreation area (Tordesilos)

Tordesilos
Castle · 13 km straight-line distance away

Castle of Zafra: the rock fortress of the Sierra de Caldereros

Population of El Pedregal, 1842–2021

El Pedregal reached a peak of 363 inhabitants in 1940 . In the 2021 census there were 66 , a decrease of 82%. This is the history told in the emptying of the Alto Tajo.

Population trend of El Pedregal 1842: 121 inh.1930: 336 inh.1940: 363 inh.1950: 333 inh.1960: 276 inh.1970: 165 inh.1981: 123 inh.1991: 114 inh.2001: 100 inh.2011: 88 inh.2021: 66 inh. 184219401960198120012021 363 66
Between the 1857 census and the previous one, this municipality ceased to exist after incorporation into El Pobo de Dueñas. Between the 1930 census and the previous one, this municipality was created by separation from El Pobo de Dueñas. INE population censuses (1842–2021), compiled on Wikipedia.

Climate in El Pedregal month by month

2015–2024 averages from Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis for an altitude of approx. 1,190 m. Useful for planning, not a substitute for live forecasts.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg. max (°C)81013162025313023191210
Avg. min (°C)-0024812151511831
Rainfall (mm)373055614653192237524229
Rainy days77101198356876
Frost days181383000000512

Location

Location: El Pedregal SetilesEl Pobo de DueñasPairones of El PedregalSetiles iron mines: the other side of Sierra MeneraEthnographic Museum of El Pobo de DueñasSetiles lagoon or Laguna de los Majanos SetilesEl Pobo de Dueñas Reference
Atlas diagram. El Pedregal: large reference point. Rivers: © OpenStreetMap.

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Reference villages: Setiles · El Pobo de Dueñas · Hombrados · Tordellego.

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