Fuenlabrada
Encyclopedia
Fuenlabrada is a city
and municipality
located in the Madrid Metropolitan Area
, Community of Madrid, Spain
. It is located to the southwest of the community, 22,5 km far from the capital
, and had a population of 197,836 in 2009. Is the fourth biggest town of Madrid
after the capital, Móstoles
and Alcalá de Henares
. The name of Fuenlabrada comes probably from the name of Fuente Labrada (something like "cut fountain" or "dug fountain") because of a fountain which was built in a current district of the city called Loranca, which was the central point from which Fuenlabrada began to expand around the 12th century . The expansion was produced too because of the migrations of several young people in the 80s. The municipality had 18.442 inhabitants in 1975. Famous people from Fuenlabrada include ex-Liverpool
and current Chelsea FC striker Fernando Torres
, and Real Zaragoza
goalkeeper Roberto
.
, Móstoles
, Getafe
, Alcorcón
and Leganés
with the line 12 of the Madrid Metro
(called metrosur in the south area) and the city has 5 large tube stations:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/esaalto/metrolin12-02.jpg
As for the railway system, Fuenlabrada is connected with Madrid thanks to the line C-5 of the Cercanías Madrid
and has 2 stations:
.
All the cities, towns and villages received a real order by which they were obliged to answer an extensive questionnaire about everything related to history, geography, economics, demography, customs... It is all about the historic-geographic relations of all the villages of Spain
. With the many pieces of information gathered by that questionnaire an accurate report of Fuenlabrada was created in the 16th century.
City
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and municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the Madrid Metropolitan Area
Madrid metropolitan area
The Madrid Metropolitan Area comprises the city of Madridand forty surrounding municipalities. It has a populationof slightly more than 6.4 million people and covers an areaof 4.609,7 km²...
, Community of Madrid, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. It is located to the southwest of the community, 22,5 km far from the capital
Capital City
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, and had a population of 197,836 in 2009. Is the fourth biggest town of Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
after the capital, Móstoles
Móstoles
Móstoles is the second-largest city in population belonging to the autonomous community of Madrid. It is located 18 kilometres southwest from central Madrid. Móstoles was for a long time only a small village, but expanded rapidly in the twentieth century....
and Alcalá de Henares
Alcalá de Henares
Alcalá de Henares , meaning Citadel on the river Henares, is a Spanish city, whose historical centre is one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites, and one of the first bishoprics founded in Spain...
. The name of Fuenlabrada comes probably from the name of Fuente Labrada (something like "cut fountain" or "dug fountain") because of a fountain which was built in a current district of the city called Loranca, which was the central point from which Fuenlabrada began to expand around the 12th century . The expansion was produced too because of the migrations of several young people in the 80s. The municipality had 18.442 inhabitants in 1975. Famous people from Fuenlabrada include ex-Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
and current Chelsea FC striker Fernando Torres
Fernando Torres
Fernando José Torres Sanz , nicknamed , is a Spanish footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Spain national team as a striker....
, and Real Zaragoza
Real Zaragoza
Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. is a Spanish association football team from Zaragoza in Spain. Founded on 18 March 1932, Real Zaragoza have spent the majority of their 78 year history in the Spanish top-flight. Real Zaragoza are Spain's 9th highest ranked team in overall league points...
goalkeeper Roberto
Roberto Jiménez Gago
Roberto Jiménez Gago , simply Roberto, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Zaragoza as a goalkeeper.-Atlético Madrid:...
.
Connections
Fuenlabrada has good connections with MadridMadrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Móstoles
Móstoles
Móstoles is the second-largest city in population belonging to the autonomous community of Madrid. It is located 18 kilometres southwest from central Madrid. Móstoles was for a long time only a small village, but expanded rapidly in the twentieth century....
, Getafe
Getafe
Getafe is a city in the southern zone of the Madrid metropolitan area, Spain, and one of the most populated and industrialized cities in the municipality. The city is home to one of the oldest Spanish military air bases, as well as the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid...
, Alcorcón
Alcorcón
Alcorcón is a city in the metropolitan area of Madrid, Spain; , it had a population of 168,229. It is located 13 km to the south-west of Madrid....
and Leganés
Leganés
Leganés is a city in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - mainly a satellite-city with a population of 186,066 it is located about 11 km southwest of the city centre....
with the line 12 of the Madrid Metro
Madrid Metro
The Madrid Metro is a metro system serving the city of Madrid, capital of Spain. The system is the sixth longest metro in the world though Madrid is approximately the fiftieth most populous metropolitan area in the world...
(called metrosur in the south area) and the city has 5 large tube stations:
- Loranca
- Hospital de Fuenlabrada
- Parque Europa
- Fuenlabrada Central
- Parque de los Estados
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/esaalto/metrolin12-02.jpg
As for the railway system, Fuenlabrada is connected with Madrid thanks to the line C-5 of the Cercanías Madrid
Cercanías Madrid
Cercanías Madrid is the commuter rail service that serves Madrid, the capital of Spain, and its metropolitan area. It is operated by Cercanías Renfe, the commuter rail division of RENFE, the former monopoly of rail services in Spain. The system is infamous for being the target of the 11 March 2004...
and has 2 stations:
- Fuenlabrada
- La Serna-Fuenlabrada
Origins
The first news about Fuenlabrada came out 200 years later after its founding because of an ambitious project promoted by Philip II of SpainPhilip II of Spain
Philip II was King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, while married to Mary I, King of England and Ireland. He was lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories such as duke or count....
.
All the cities, towns and villages received a real order by which they were obliged to answer an extensive questionnaire about everything related to history, geography, economics, demography, customs... It is all about the historic-geographic relations of all the villages of Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. With the many pieces of information gathered by that questionnaire an accurate report of Fuenlabrada was created in the 16th century.