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Village · Guadalajara · 1,146 m

Huertahernando

Huertahernando is a small village in the Alto Tajo at about 1,150 metres, between Huertapelayo and Buenafuente del Sistal. It was part of the old bridle path crossing the Tagus via the Tagüenza Bridge to link settlements on both banks.

General view of Huertahernando with its parish church and surrounding houses.
General view of Huertahernando. Photo: «Huertahernando vista general ni», Nicolás Pérez (2011) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Rivers and basins

The thread of water from Huertahernando

Follow these watercourses towards their confluences, villages, and basin history.

1936–1939 · memory of the territory

The war in the village memory

The war also reached the work of the pine woods. Among LURE’s resin workers called up for military service were 8 workers from this village. Their story connects the memory of the woods with those who had to leave their trade during the conflict.

Source: Berlanga, capítulo 9, pp. 346–347.

Read the story of the river frontline →

What to see

The Puente de Tagüenza, small and slender, in a rocky bend of the Tagus.

Nearby

Huertapelayo and Buenafuente del Sistal, with its monastery.

Places in and around Huertahernando

Heritage

Puente de Tagüenza: the old crossing between Huertapelayo and Huertahernando

Huertahernando, Huertapelayo

Near Huertahernando

Waterfall · ≈ 4.4 km straight-line distance away

El Chorrero of Huertapelayo

Huertapelayo
Route · 4.5 km straight-line distance away

Trail 6 (PR-GU 21): from Huertapelayo to the Tagus

6.5 km · 3.5 h · Circular
Canyon · 4.7 km straight-line distance away

Hoz del Río Ablanquejo: a wild, pathless canyon

Ablanque
Viewpoint · 5.1 km straight-line distance away

Buenafuente del Sistal viewpoint: the wildest Tagus

Buenafuente del Sistal
Ethnography · 5.1 km straight-line distance away

Portillo Tunnel: The Road Carved by the People of Huertapelayo

Huertapelayo
Place · 5.3 km straight-line distance away

Climbing in Barranco de la Hoz
Heritage · 6.2 km straight-line distance away

Monastery of Buenafuente del Sistal: Cistercian nuns since 1246

Buenafuente del Sistal
Route · 6.4 km straight-line distance away

Trail 5: the chozones of La Loma (Riba de Saelices)

10.5 km · 4 h · Circular

Population of Huertahernando, 1842–2021

Huertahernando reached a peak of 502 inhabitants in 1930 . In the 2021 census there were 56 , a decrease of 89%. This is the history told in the emptying of the Alto Tajo.

Population trend of Huertahernando 1842: 221 inh.1857: 410 inh.1860: 453 inh.1877: 488 inh.1887: 467 inh.1897: 437 inh.1900: 431 inh.1910: 465 inh.1920: 475 inh.1930: 502 inh.1940: 486 inh.1950: 393 inh.1960: 359 inh.1970: 159 inh.1981: 70 inh.1991: 87 inh.2001: 73 inh.2011: 61 inh.2021: 56 inh. 1842187719001930196019912021 502 56
INE population censuses (1842–2021), compiled on Wikipedia.

Climate in Huertahernando month by month

2015–2024 averages from Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis for an altitude of approx. 1,146 m. Useful for planning, not a substitute for live forecasts.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg. max (°C)8101216202631302419129
Avg. min (°C)-1024813161611831
Rainfall (mm)544776805340201441725747
Rainy days971211983479107
Frost days211593000000613

Location

Location: Huertahernando HuertapelayoBuenafuente del SistalCanales del DucadoOlmeda de CobetaPuente de Tagüenza: the old crossing between Huertapelayo and HuertahernandoEl Chorrero of HuertapelayoHoz del Río Ablanquejo: a wild, pathless canyonBuenafuente del Sistal viewpoint: the wildest TagusPortillo Tunnel: The Road Carved by the People of HuertapelayoClimbing in Barranco de la HozMonastery of Buenafuente del Sistal: Cistercian nuns since 1246 HuertapelayoBuenafuente del SistalCanales del DucadoOlmeda de Cobeta Reference
Atlas diagram. Huertahernando: large reference point. Rivers: © OpenStreetMap.

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Reference villages: Huertapelayo · Buenafuente del Sistal · Canales del Ducado · Olmeda de Cobeta.

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