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View of PonferradaFernando Losada Rodríguez · CC BY-SA 4.0

Ponferrada

City

Ponferrada is a city of Spain, located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Ponferrada, the second most populated municipality of the Province of León, is also the capital city of El Bierzo, the only comarca recognized as an administrative entity by law in the region.

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Surrounded by mountains, the city straddles the course of the Sil River. It is the last major town on the French route of the Camino de Santiago before it reaches Santiago de Compostela. In 2021, it had a population of 63,747.

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Village information

Coat of arms of Ponferrada
Province
León
Autonomous community
Castilla y León
Population (INE 2025)
63,186
Altitude
538 m
Mayor
Marco Morala
Area (IGN)
285 km²
Postcode
24401–24404
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What to see

  1. 1Castillo de Ponferrada
  2. 2Iglesia de Santiago de Peñalba
  3. 3Iglesia de Santo Tomás de las Ollas
  4. 4Monasterio de San Pedro de Montes
  5. 5Tebaida leonesa
  6. 6Herrería de Compludo
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What to do

  1. 1Hiking: Camino de Invierno
  2. 2Hiking: Camino Francés - 06 León a Cacabelos
  3. 3Hiking: Camino Olvidado (Cirujales-Cacabelos)
  4. 4Bodega Cepas del Bierzo Cooperativa
  5. 5MTB: Transcantábrica
  6. 6Climbing
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Photo gallery

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  • Fernando Losada Rodríguez · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • C messier · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Gregorio Puga Bailón · CC BY 2.0
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  • 71 places to stayIllustrative photo · Valdavia · CC BY-SA 3.0

    Accommodation

    71 places to stay in Ponferrada

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  • 142 restaurantsIllustrative photo · David Adam Kess · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Eat

    142 restaurants in Ponferrada

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  • 8 experiencesIllustrative photo · Alberto-g-rovi · CC BY-SA 3.0

    Experiences

    8 experiences in Ponferrada

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Useful information

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

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Town council

    • Phone: 987 44 66 18
    • Official website: www.ponferrada.org
    • Email: intervencion@ponferrada.org

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 homes95 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes100 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes100 %

No data on: tourist office, street market.

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.

Ponferrada Town Hall

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Where to sleep in Ponferrada

71 registered places to stay

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