Parras

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title: "Parras" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-coahuila", "pueblos-mágicos", "populated-places-established-in-1598", "1598-establishments-in-new-spain", "municipality-seats-in-coahuila"] description: "City in the Mexican state of Coahuila" topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parras" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary City in the Mexican state of Coahuila ::

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Field	Value
name	Parras, Coahuila
official_name	Parras de la Fuente
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subdivision_name1	Coahuila Coahuila
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Parras
leader_title1
established_title	Founded
established_date	February 18, 1598
established_title2	Founded as
established_date2	Villa de Santa María de las Parras
established_title3
founder	Antón Martín Zapata
Juan Agustín de Espinosa
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2010
population_total	44,472
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2_title	Religions
timezone	Central Standard Time
utc_offset	-6
timezone_DST	Central Daylight Time
utc_offset_DST	-5
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	1500
postal_code_type
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Parras de la Fuente () is a city located in the southern part of the Mexican state of Coahuila. The city serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding Parras Municipality, which has an area of 9,271.7 km2 (3,579.8 sq mi).

At the census of 2020, the population was 44,472. There are many factories that produce denim and Parras is also a source for Mexican wine. It was the first wine growing region in the Americas.

History

The former Hacienda del Rosario is the place where Parras de la Fuente was founded in 1598, by Capitán Antón Martín de Zapata. The revolutionary and President of Mexico Francisco I. Madero was born here in 1873.

In 1846, during the Mexican–American War, Parras was held by American troops. Additionally, French forces were defeated there in 1866 during the French intervention in Mexico.

The oldest winery in the Americas is in Parras de la Fuente, and was founded by Lorenzo García on August 19, 1597. Casa Madero is home to the oldest winery. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Church_of_"La_Parroquia_Santa_María_De_Las_Parras".jpg" caption="The church of Santa María de las Parras which is the oldest religious building in Mexico (1598)."] ::

Climate

|location = Parras (1991–2020) |single line = Yes |metric first = Yes |Jan record high C = 32.0 |Feb record high C = 35.5 |Mar record high C = 36.5 |Apr record high C = 42.0 |May record high C = 42.0 |Jun record high C = 42.0 |Jul record high C = 44.0 |Aug record high C = 41.0 |Sep record high C = 42.0 |Oct record high C = 38.0 |Nov record high C = 35.0 |Dec record high C = 32.0 |year record high C = |Jan high C = 21.0 |Feb high C = 23.3 |Mar high C = 26.4 |Apr high C = 30.0 |May high C = 32.5 |Jun high C = 32.7 |Jul high C = 31.7 |Aug high C = 31.5 |Sep high C = 29.1 |Oct high C = 27.8 |Nov high C = 24.2 |Dec high C = 21.2 |year high C = 27.6 |Jan mean C = 13.6 |Feb mean C = 15.6 |Mar mean C = 18.4 |Apr mean C = 21.8 |May mean C = 24.4 |Jun mean C = 25.1 |Jul mean C = 24.7 |Aug mean C = 24.2 |Sep mean C = 22.1 |Oct mean C = 20.5 |Nov mean C = 16.9 |Dec mean C = 13.9 |year mean C = 20.1 |Jan low C = 6.2 |Feb low C = 7.8 |Mar low C = 10.4 |Apr low C = 13.6 |May low C = 16.3 |Jun low C = 17.5 |Jul low C = 17.6 |Aug low C = 16.9 |Sep low C = 15.2 |Oct low C = 13.1 |Nov low C = 9.6 |Dec low C = 6.6 |year low C = 12.6 |Jan record low C = -10.8 |Feb record low C = -12.0 |Mar record low C = -5.0 |Apr record low C = 1.7 |May record low C = 4.0 |Jun record low C = 7.0 |Jul record low C = 5.5 |Aug record low C = 10.0 |Sep record low C = 6.0 |Oct record low C = 0.0 |Nov record low C = -7.0 |Dec record low C = -8.0 |year record low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 8.4 |Feb precipitation mm = 9.3 |Mar precipitation mm = 12.2 |Apr precipitation mm = 6.6 |May precipitation mm = 18.3 |Jun precipitation mm = 38.9 |Jul precipitation mm = 70.9 |Aug precipitation mm = 43.6 |Sep precipitation mm = 70.3 |Oct precipitation mm = 26.4 |Nov precipitation mm = 10.0 |Dec precipitation mm = 7.6 |year precipitation mm = 322.5 |unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm | Jan precipitation days = 2.0 | Feb precipitation days = 1.3 | Mar precipitation days = 1.8 | Apr precipitation days = 1.6 | May precipitation days = 4.0 | Jun precipitation days = 6.3 | Jul precipitation days = 9.2 | Aug precipitation days = 7.3 | Sep precipitation days = 8.0 | Oct precipitation days = 4.0 | Nov precipitation days = 2.3 | Dec precipitation days = 1.9 | year precipitation days = 49.7 |source 1 = Servicio Meteorologico Nacional{{cite web | url = https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Normales9120/coah/nor9120_05024.txt | title = Estado de Coahuila-Estacion: PARRAS | work = Normales Climatologicas 1991–2020 | publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional | language = es | access-date = 4 September 2025}}{{cite web | url = https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Med-Extr/coah/medex05024.txt | title = Extreme for Parras | publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional | language = Spanish | accessdate = September 4, 2025}} |date=September 2025

Features

Parras de la Fuente is a Pueblo Mágico, designated in 2004. Parras is called the oasis of the semi-desert of Coahuila state. It has bathing resorts (which were used to generate electric power for industry usage).

The Municipality President's building, a historical attraction, is a replica of the State's Government Palace in Saltillo. The Hostal el Farol is the historic former house of General Raúl Madero. San Ignacio de Loyola church was built in the 17th century. Santo Madero church is located on an extinct volcano plug just north of the town.

Academic programs

• Parras Summer Program, in Spanish language and culture and appropriate technology; a program of Humboldt State University in Arcata, California

Notable people

• Senator Francisco José Madero González, who was interim Governor of Coahuila from August 12, 1981, to November 30, 1981.

Sister city

• USA Grapevine, Texas, USA

References

• Link to tables of population data from the Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
• Coahuila Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
• https://www.mexconnect.com/articles/1247-did-you-know-oldest-winery-in-the-americas-is-in-parras-de-la-fuente-mexico

References

2. "Census Population 2020".
3. Jose Vasconcelos "Evaristo Madero: Biografia de un Patricio" (Impresiones Modernas, 1954); Rafael Heliodoro Valle, “The History of Wine in Mexico” American Journal of Enology and Viticulture Vol. 9, No. 3, (1958); Pablo Lacoste "La vid y el vino en América del Sur: El desplazamiento de los polos vitivinícolas (Siglos XVI Al XX)." Revista Universum Vol. 2, no. No. 19 (2004): 62-93.
4. (2013-02-22). "Muere el exgobernador Francisco José Madero". [[El Siglo de Torreón]].

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