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View of JéricaEnrique Íñiguez Rodríguez (Qoan) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Jérica

Village

Jérica (Valencian: Xèrica) is a town in the Castellón province of Valencian Community, Spain. It is in the comarca (region) of Alto Palancia. Its population was 1,703 at the end of 2009.

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The town's name is based in Arabic شارقة (šāriqa), meaning the eastern slope of a mountain. In Arabian documents the settlement has also been referred to as قلعة الاشراق (qalʿa aš-širāq), "Castle of the Sheriffs".

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Village information

Coat of arms of Jérica
Province
Castellón
Autonomous community
Valencia
Population (INE 2025)
1,764
Altitude
491 m
Area (IGN)
79.4 km²
District
Alto Palancia
Postcode
12450
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What to see

  1. 1Casa consistorial y museo municipal de Jérica
  2. 2Castillo, la ermita de San Roque o Santa Águeda la Vieja y las cintas murarias
  3. 3Conjunto histórico de Jérica
  4. 4Cruz Cubierta de Jérica
  5. 5Torre mudéjar de la Alcudia
  6. 6Torre de la Muela
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What to do

  1. 1Hiking: GR 160 · Camino del Cid (La Conquista de Valencia E08)
  2. 2Paraje Natural Municipal La Torrecilla-Puntal de Navarrete
  3. 3MTB: Entre Navajas y Jérica
  4. 4MTB: Nacimiento del Palancia
  5. 5Climbing at Arabe loco
  6. 6Climbing at Centinela de la torre
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Photo gallery

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  • Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez ( Qoan ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez ( Qoan ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Pacopac · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez ( Qoan ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez ( Qoan ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez ( Qoan ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • 6 places to stayIllustrative photo · Unsplash

    Accommodation

    6 places to stay in Jérica

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  • 5 restaurantsIllustrative photo · Jebulon · CC0

    Eat

    5 restaurants in Jérica

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  • 6 experiencesIllustrative photo · Rocco Rossi · CC BY 2.0

    Experiences

    6 experiences in Jérica

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Useful information

Everything you need for your visit or your day-to-day

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Town council

    • Official website: www.jerica.es
    • Email: ayuntamienti@jerica.com

Services and transport

Travelling with your pet

Parks, beaches and places to stay that OpenStreetMap marks as dog-friendly. Many places allow dogs without it being marked: ask when you book.

Education, sport and elderly care

Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes89 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes100 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes100 %

No data on: tourist office, ATMs, post office, motorhomes, street market, nursery school, pool, care home.

Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract from October 2026: we count what is mapped within the municipal boundary. "No data" means OpenStreetMap doesn't have it, not that it doesn't exist. Completed with Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): the pharmacies, health centres, petrol stations, banks, cash machines, food shops and schools that OpenStreetMap was missing. Town hall contact details: General Database of Local Entities (Spanish Ministry of Finance); tourist offices: each region's open registry, where it publishes one. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

Jérica Town Hall

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Where to sleep in Jérica

6 registered places to stay

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