Piedras Negras Municipality


Piedras Negras Municipality is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Piedras Negras. The municipality covers an area of 914.2 km² and is located on the international border between Mexico and the USA, here formed by the Río Bravo del Norte, adjacent to the U.S. state of Texas.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 152,806.

Towns and villages

The largest localities are:
Name2010 Census Population
Piedras Negras150,178
Centro de Readaptación Social Piedras Negras830
Fraccionamiento Villa Real767
El Moral390
La Navaja 156
San Isidro117
El Centinela110
Total Municipality152,806

Adjacent municipalities and counties