Manzanares, Ciudad Real

Manzanares
Municipality

Coat of arms
Manzanares

Location in Spain

Coordinates: 38°59′47″N 3°22′23″W / 38.99639°N 3.37306°W / 38.99639; -3.37306
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Castile-La Mancha
Province Ciudad Real
Area
  Total 474,22 km2 (18,310 sq mi)
Elevation 654 m (2,146 ft)
Population (2014)
  Total 18,924
  Density 0.40/km2 (1.0/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Manzanareño, Manzanareña
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 13200
Official language(s) Spanish
Website Official website

Manzanares is a municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It had a population of 18,924 as of 2014. It is located near the Autovía A-4 (Autovia del Sur).

Our Lady of Solitude, Virgen de la Soledad, in Manzanares

The Iglesia de la Asunción, the town's main church is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary.

The village of Llanos del Caudillo, established by the Instituto Nacional de Colonización in the 1950s and formerly depending from Manzanares, became a municipality in its own right in the 1990s.

Points of interest

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