The municipality of Herrera is located in the Southeastern sector of the province of Seville, being adjacent with the one of Cordova. It is located in lands of the Countryside, but next to the South Mountain range. In 1.996 it counted on a population of 5,925 inhabitants.
In earth occupied by this municipality there is great amount of archaeological rest. Oldest they correspond to the Age of the Bronze, also existing of the periods Iberian and Roman. To this last time a rich agricultural villa discovered recently in the outskirts of Herrera corresponds. The Muslims also leave his impronta in these earth, that are scene of diverse battles between the armies Castilian and nazarí. The origin of the name of the locality is related to the Herrera last name, probably of some of the conquering Steppe horsemen, to that would give a lot to him of earth in compensates by its participation in the warlike campaign. Finalized this one, the increasing agricultural activity motivates the proliferation of small villages and cortijos, until the number of inhabitants advises the construction of a church. This zone belongs during some time at your service Military man of Santiago, happening as of century XVI to comprise of the possessions of the marquesado one of Steppe.
The primitive nucleus is located in the northeast end of the population, around the church. The locality is crossed of this a the west by the C-338 highway, that comes from Marinaleda and that divides it in two sectors, to the north and the south of the same one. In the northern sector, something greater and more compact, exists long apples oriented of north to the south and other quadrangular ones. It is the traditional nucleus, where it dominates the residential use. In the southern sector, the urban plot is more irregular, has less density edificatoria and welcomes other uses of the ground (sport equipment, warehouses).
Recently a variant of the population has been constructed (comprising of the A-340, Estepa-Puente Genil) surrounding it by the south and the east. In the economy of Herrera it has great importance the agriculture of irrigated land (the municipality is located near the Genil river), as well as the agro-alimentary industry (oil manufacture) and other industrial subsectors (textile, carpentry, premanufacture of concrete tubes, tools, etc.). The industrial facilities are located of preferred form in the part this of the nucleus.
Between its constructions of artistic historical interest they emphasize the Parochial Church of Santiago Greater and the church of the Conception.
