Santiago Plan

Village on the Camino · provincia de Badajoz

Mérida

60,225
inhabitants (2025)
217 m
altitude
780.6
km to Santiago

On the Vía de la Plata

History of Mérida

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.

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Services in Mérida

🛏 Hostels (3)

🏨 Hotels

🩹 Other services

  • 💊 Pharmacies: 9
  • 🏧 ATMs: 11
  • 🚰 Water fountains: 10

What to see in Mérida

🧭 How to get there

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