Natura 2000 (SAC and SPA)
Serranía de Cuenca SAC and SPA (ES4230014)
The Serranía de Cuenca SAC and SPA (ES4230014) is a Natura 2000 site formed by mountain ranges covering almost a fifth of the province of Cuenca and more than one municipality in Guadalajara. It is not the same as the Natural Park: it has its own code, legislation and boundaries.
- Designation
- Natura 2000 (SAC and SPA)
- Municipalities
- 40
- Natura 2000
- SAC
- SPA
- ES4230014
- Management plan
A Natura 2000 site
The Serranía de Cuenca is both a Special Area of Conservation and a Special Protection Area for birds. It is protected for its landscape: extensive, little-disturbed woodlands, plants surviving from other climates, highly varied landforms and healthy communities of birds, mammals and bats.
It extends across about 40 municipalities, such as Tragacete, Beteta, Cuenca, Las Majadas or Zafrilla, and has its own management plan.
It is not the Natural Park
The Serranía de Cuenca Natural Park is a different designation, from 2007, with its own rules and boundaries. The SAC and SPA covers many more municipalities and includes other areas, such as the Hoz de Beteta.
Frequently asked questions
Is it the same as the Natural Park?
No. The SAC and SPA is a Natura 2000 site with its own code (ES4230014) and boundaries; it shares a name with the Natural Park, but their areas need not coincide.
What does it protect?
The great extent and natural character of its woodlands, with relict vegetation, valuable landforms, cliff-nesting and woodland birds, carnivorous mammals, ungulates and bats, brown trout and native crayfish.
Carry on from here
Lands and landscapes
From here, follow the memory of the land
These readings connect Serranía de Cuenca SAC and SPA (ES4230014) with the stories, the work and the villages around it.
Which municipalities it covers
- Arcos de la Sierra
- Beamud
- Beteta
- Buenache de la Sierra
- Cañada del Hoyo
- Cañamares
- Cañizares
- Carrascosa
- Castillejo-Sierra
- Cuenca
- Cueva del Hierro
- El Pozuelo
- Fresneda de la Sierra
- Fuertescusa
- Huélamo
- Huerta del Marquesado
- La Cierva
- La Frontera
- Laguna del Marquesado
- Lagunaseca
- Las Majadas
- Masegosa
- Palomera
- Portilla
- Poyatos
- Priego
- Santa María del Val
- Tragacete
- Uña
- Valdemeca
- Valdemoro-Sierra
- Valsalobre
- Vega del Codorno
- Villalba de la Sierra
- Zafrilla
Where the data on this page come from
- Name
- Junta de Castilla-La Mancha, Red Natura 2000: ZEC y ZEPA Serranía de Cuenca ES4230014 (ficha) source consulted, 5 October 2026
- Inventario Español del Patrimonio Natural y la Biodiversidad: ZEC/ZEPA ES4230014 Serranía de Cuenca reference located, 5 October 2026
- Designation and legal basis
- Junta de Castilla-La Mancha, Red Natura 2000: ZEC y ZEPA Serranía de Cuenca ES4230014 (ficha) source consulted, 5 October 2026
- Inventario Español del Patrimonio Natural y la Biodiversidad: ZEC/ZEPA ES4230014 Serranía de Cuenca reference located, 5 October 2026
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