Autonomous Community of Extremadura, Spain Genealogy

Guide to Extremadura Autonomous Community ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Autonomous Communities
Autonomous communities are larger jurisdictions found within Spain and may contain several provinces. It is both a political and administrative division. The autonomous communities of Spain were created in 1978. To learn more about them please read Autonomous communities of Spain.

History
Extremadura is an autonomous community of Spain located in the central-western part of the Iberian Peninsula. It consists of the two largest provinces of Spain: Cáceres and Badajoz. Extremadura is bordered by Portugal to the west and by the autonomous communities of Castile and León (north), Castilla–La Mancha (east) and Andalusia (south). It is divided into 383 municipalities, 164 are part of the Province of Badajoz and the other 219 are part of the Province of Cáceres. The capital is the city of Mérida.

Provinces of Extremadura
Provinces within its jurisdiction include:
 * Badajoz
 * Cáceres