Paracuellos del Jarama is a small town and municipality in the

Community of Madrid The Community of Madrid (; es, Comunidad de Madrid ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It is located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, and of the Central Plateau (''Meseta Central''). Its capital and largest munic ...

, Spain. It is located northeast from Madrid and very close to Madrid-Barajas Airport. The

etymology Etymology () The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the form of words ...

of the name is unclear.Javier Nájera Martínez, Luis Yuste Ricote
Nombre: Paracuellos, Apellido: de Jarama
(Spanish), 3 October 2016, retrieved 10 January 2020. In 1936, it (along with

Torrejón de Ardoz Torrejón de Ardoz () is a municipality of Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. The European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen), an agency of the European Union, is located in Torrejón de Ardoz. It is also the location of the headquarters of ...

) was the site of the

Paracuellos massacres The Paracuellos massacres ( es, Matanzas de Paracuellos) were a series of mass killings of civilians and soldiers by the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War that took place before and during the Siege of Madrid during the early stages of ...

Transport

Urban lines

* Line 1: Altos de Jarama urbanization - Miramadrid * Line 2: Picón del cura - Los Berrocales urbanization * Line 3: Industrial estate - C.C. San Fernando

Interurban lines

* 210:

San Sebastián de los Reyes San Sebastián de los Reyes (colloquially called "Sanse") is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1492, it is located north of Madrid. Geography It forms an urban continuum with the neighboring Alcobendas, Transpor ...

(Infanta Sofía Hospital) - Paracuellos del Jarama * 211:

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

( Canillejas) - Paracuellos del Jarama * 212: Madrid (Canillejas) - Paracuellos del Jarama (Miramadrid) * 213: Madrid (Canillejas) - Belvis * 215:

- Paracuellos del Jarama * 256: Madrid (Canillejas) - Daganzo de Arriba - Valdeavero * 263: Madrid (Barajas) - Cobeña -

Algete Algete () is a town and municipality in central Spain. It lies in the comarca de Alcalá in the autonomous community of the Community of Madrid. It had a population of 19,345 in 2008. Algete is northeast of the capital. Sights include the chur ...

References

Municipalities in the Community of Madrid {{Madrid-geo-stub