La Herrera, a municipality since 1857 Curiosity · La Herrera, Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel, Albacete Image of La Herrera, not of the place itself. The municipality separated from Alcaraz in 1857 and is today one of the least populated in the region, with 308 inhabitants recorded in the 2025 census and a density of barely 4.86 inhabitants per square kilometre over an area of 63.40 km². It lies at about 710 metres of altitude and 26 kilometres from the provincial capital, and also includes the hamlet of Casa Hita-El Cuartico. Photo: Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA) What to see and do in La Herrera