Hornachos is a municipality in the province of Badajoz, in the Extremadura region of Spain. It is located in the western part of the country, within the autonomous community of Extremadura, which borders Portugal to the west.
According to the 2005 census conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Hornachos had a population of 3,840 inhabitants. The municipality is one of many small towns that make up the sparsely populated province of Badajoz.
Like other municipalities in the region, Hornachos is administered as a local entity within the Spanish system of municipal government. The town's demographic profile reflects the broader pattern of small-scale settlements characteristic of rural Extremadura.