Mérida

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Mérida

Total population

58,862

Coordinates38.92°, -6.34°

Demographic figures from INE (Spain). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Mérida is a city and municipality of Spain, part of the Province of Badajoz, and capital of the autonomous community of Extremadura. Located in the western-central part of the Iberian Peninsula at 217 metres above sea level, the city is crossed by the Guadiana and Albarregas rivers. The population was 60,119 in 2017.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Eulalia of Mérida

early 4th-century Spanish saint

Carlos Prieto Martos

Spanish handball player

Laura Campos

Spanish artistic gymnast

J

Joseph ibn Abitur

rabbi

J

Juan Rodríguez Suárez

Spanish explorer (1510-1561)

Víctor

Spanish football player/manager

J

Juan Ávalos García-Taborda

Spanish artist (1911–2006)

Ibn Marwan

9th-century Al-Andalus Muslim military commander

José María Calatrava y Peinado

Prime Minister of Spain and Minister of State

Tello de Castilla, Lord of Aguilar de Campoo

Castilian noble

T

Tomas Martin

Spanish actor

J

Juan Antonio de Vera y Figueroa

Spanish diplomat, writer and poet (1583-1658)

Iván Cuéllar

Spanish footballer

C

Carlos David Moreno Hernández

Spanish footballer

Gaspar de Molina y Oviedo

Roman Catholic cardinal (1679-1744)

Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra

Spanish politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Mérida

Aerobiología en Extremadura

Alfonsa Moreno Corchero · 2006

La cultura tartésica y Extremadura

Museo Nacional de Arte Romano (Mérida, Spain) · 1990

La Islamización de la Extremadura romana

Museo Nacional de Arte Romano (Mérida, Spain) · 2001

Extremadura arqueológica

F. Javier Jiménez Avila · 1988

Los orígenes de los pueblos hispánicos

Juan Maluquer de Motes y Nicolau · 1978

Repertorio de arquitectura cristiana en Extremadura

Pedro Mateos Cruz · 2003

Historia de Mérida y pueblos de su comarca

Vicente Navarro del Castillo · 1974

Mérida en su historia

Fernando Marcos Álvarez · 2007

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Moorish Gecko

Tarentola mauritanica

Seen 2026-09-20

Southern Field Cricket

Gryllus bimaculatus

Seen 2026-09-20

common fig

Ficus carica

Seen 2026-09-20

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-09-19

Heather crab spider

Thomisus onustus

Seen 2026-09-19

Southern Green Stink Bug

Nezara viridula

Seen 2026-09-19

Leafhopper Assassin Bug

Zelus renardii

Seen 2026-09-19

Tropical Tent-web Spider

Cyrtophora citricola

Seen 2026-09-19

White Featherleg

Platycnemis latipes

Seen 2026-09-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).