Ayuntamiento Of Madrid
The City Council of Madrid () is the top-tier administrative and governing body of Madrid, the capital and biggest city of Spain. The city council is composed by three bodies: the mayor, who leads the city council and the executive branch of it; the governing council (''Junta de Gobierno''), which is the main body of the executive branch composed by the mayor and the councillors appointed by him; and the Plenary, a democratically elected assembly which represents the people of Madrid. The current mayor of Madrid is José Luis Martínez-Almeida since June 2019. Main bodies Governing Council The ''Junta de Gobierno of the City of Madrid'' is the executive branch of the city council, formed by the mayor and a group of councillors appointed by the mayor. The current board is composed of eight members: Districts The local government of the city uses a decentralized system called ''juntas municipales de distrito'' (municipal district assemblies), which are ultimately led by the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ayuntamiento (Spain)
An ayuntamiento is the body charged with the government and administration of the Municipalities of Spain, municipalities in Spain not bound to the regime of ''concejo abierto'' ('open council'). The ayuntamiento is one of the bodies charged with local government in Spain. The ayuntamiento is made up of the mayor, deputy mayors and councillors and, in larger municipalities, an executive committee. Councillors are elected by universal suffrage and secret ballot and they in turn elect the mayor. Organisation An ayuntamiento is made up of a mayor () and the elected councillors, who compose the plenary (), the deliberative body. In municipalities with over 5,000 inhabitants, there is also an executive committee ( or or ). Such a committee is optional for smaller municipalities, at the discretion of the plenary or the regulations of the ayuntamiento. The executive committee is made up of a number of the elected councillors. The ayuntamiento follows a collegiate-representative model, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chamberí
Chamberí is a district of Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ..., Spain. It is further subdivided into six neighborhoods ( Gaztambide, Arapiles, Trafalgar, Almagro, Ríos Rosas and Vallehermoso). The district junta is headquartered at the . The current urban outline was born as part of the ''Ensanche'' plan drafted by Carlos María de Castro (approved in 1860). See also * Chamberí (Madrid Metro) * Church of San Fermín de los Navarros * Beti Jai fronton * Hospital of Maudes * Geological and Mining Institute of Spain * School of Mining Engineering of Madrid * Sorolla Museum References ;Citations ;Bibliography * External links Districts of Madrid {{Madrid-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Villa De Vallecas
Villa de Vallecas (, "Village of Vallecas") is one of the 21 districts of the city of Madrid, Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur .... It forms, with the district of Puente de Vallecas, the geographical area of Vallecas. Geography Subdivision The district is administratively divided into 3 wards (''Barrios''): * Casco Histórico de Vallecas * Santa Eugenia * Ensanche de Vallecas See also * Rayo Vallecano References External links Districts of Madrid {{Madrid-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Villaverde (Madrid)
Villaverde is one of the 21 districts of the city of Madrid, Spain. Geography and history The municipality was absorbed by Madrid in the 1950s as a result of the plans that the Franco government made to simplify the structure of big city administrations. Since then, it is a district. It was in those years when it experienced a massive growth caused by the rural flight in Spain. This is the reason that made Villaverde a typical working class neighbourhood. This condition leaves a heavy footprint in the district, because it has conditioned the current population composition, with many retired people (some of them returning to their towns in Andalusia Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ..., Castile-León, ...) and immigrants attracted by the cheap housing prices. The d ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ciudad Lineal
Ciudad Lineal (, "Linear City") is one of 21 district of Madrid, districts of Madrid, Spain. Geography Wards The district is administratively divided into nine wards: * Atalaya (Madrid), Atalaya * Colina (Madrid), Colina * Concepción (Madrid), Concepción * Costillares (Madrid), Costillares * Pueblo Nuevo (Madrid), Pueblo Nuevo * Quintana (Madrid), Quintana * San Juan Bautista (Madrid), San Juan Bautista * San Pascual (Madrid), San Pascual * Ventas (Madrid), Ventas History Its name, ''Linear City'', comes from the model of organization Linear city (Soria design), of the same name devised by the Spanish architect Arturo Soria y Mata. The ‘Ciudad Lineal’ takes a form of a city 400 meters wide, centered on a tramway (line 70 - closed in 1972) and a thoroughfare running in parallel. The main street in the district, ''calle de Arturo Soria'', bears his name. The city is the current headquarters for the flag carrier airline of Spain, Iberia (airline), Iberia. Mariano B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moratalaz
Moratalaz is a district of Madrid, Spain. It is a well-known area because musicians such as Melendi and Alejandro Sanz have lived there. Moratalaz is on east of municipality of Madrid. It has of surface area and is delineated by the highways of M-30 to the west, M-40 to the east, M23 to the north and A-3 to the south. Geography Subdivision The district is administratively divided into seven wards (''barrios''): * Fontarrón (145) * Horcajo (142) * Marroquina (143) * Media Legua (144) * Pavones (141) * Vinateros (146) History Moratalaz arose as a commuter suburb of Madrid during the 1960s. Famous inhabitants of the district have been Elvira Lindo, Melendi, el Dioni, Alejandro Sanz, "Cleanhead" Joe McGaha, and Letizia Ortiz. Before 1960, Moratalaz was an agglomeration of barely 40 houses with only one paved street. It was located midway on a road that connected Madrid's main cemetery Cementerio de la Almudena with the then unincorporated village of Vallecas. The Colonia del ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Puente De Vallecas
Puente de Vallecas (, "Bridge of Vallecas") is one of the 21 districts of the city of Madrid, Spain. It forms, with the district of Villa de Vallecas, the geographical area of Vallecas. Geography Subdivision The district is administratively divided into 6 wards (''Barrios''): * Entrevías * Numancia * Palomeras Bajas * Palomeras Sureste * Portazgo *San Diego San Diego ( , ) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.4 million, it is the List of United States cities by population, eighth-most populous city in t ... References External links Districts of Madrid {{Madrid-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carabanchel
Carabanchel is a district of Madrid, Spain. It lies on the southern (right) bank of the Manzanares, spanning southward down to the M-40 ring road. The district is made up of the neighbourhoods of Abrantes, Comillas, Opañel, Puerta Bonita, San Isidro and Vista Alegre. Overview The area was the scene of fierce fighting during the Spanish Civil War -especially in November 1936, during the Battle of Madrid, when Nationalist troops tried to fight their way into the area. Unaccustomed to street fighting, they took heavy casualties. For the remainder of the Siege of Madrid, the front lines ran through the streets of Carabanchel, until Republican Madrid fell in March 1939. It was home of Spain's most notorious prison ( Carabanchel Prison), which housed many political prisoners during the Franco era. The prison was closed in 1998. Carabanchel is among the most diverse neighborhoods in the country, with a large population of immigrants, mostly from North Africa but also some from ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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David Pérez (Spanish Politician)
David Pérez García (born 8 August 1972) is a Spanish Conservative politician of the People's Party (PP). A member of the Assembly of Madrid since 2003, he serves as Mayor of Alcorcón from 2011 to 2019. Biography Early life Born on 8 August 1972 in Madrid, he grew up in the neighborhood of Campamento. He graduated in Information Sciences (Journalism) at the Complutense University of Madrid. A member of the People's Party (PP), Pérez became a member of the Assembly of Madrid after the May 2003 regional election, in the brief 6th term of the regional legislature, popularly named after the ''Tamayazo'' scandal. He renovated his seat at the October 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015 elections. Pérez soon won the confidence of Esperanza Aguirre, becoming a close confidant and collaborator of the then president of the regional government and chairwoman of the regional branch of the PP, the People's Party of the Community of Madrid. He served as spokesperson of the PP parliame ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hortaleza
Hortaleza is one of the 21 Districts of Madrid, districts of the city of Madrid, Spain. History Origin The first recorded human activity in the area of Hortaleza was the existence of a nomadic or semi-nomadic population in the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras, as attested to by the findings of numerous prehistoric tools in sites in the Valdebebas stream and in the historical center of Hortaleza itself, which were discovered at the end of the 19th century by the archaeologist Dr. Javier Pastor Muñoz. The current neighborhood of Hortaleza developed from the old town of , located on the hill formed between the Manzanares (river), Manzanares and Jarama rivers. The village was supplied with water by two streams, the Valdebebas and the Abroñigal. The town was most probably founded in the 13th century, with written attestation of it by 1361. It is believed that the town was founded by Mozarabs from Madrid who used it to spend the summer. Demographics As of 2005 there were 153,9 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Latina (Madrid)
Latina is a district of Madrid located in the southwestern corner of the municipality. Etymology Its name comes from Beatriz Galindo, ''La Latina'', teacher of Isabella I of Castile. Geography Position The district, situated in a southwestern part of the municipality, borders with the following districts: Carabanchel, Arganzuela, Centro and Moncloa-Aravaca. It includes the old cross-roads of the road of Extremadura, and it has several tributary streams to Manzanares river (Luche, Caño Roto etc.). Subdivision The district is formed by 7 administrative neighborhoods (''barrios''): Aluche, Campamento, Cuatro Vientos, Las Águilas, Lucero, Los Cármenes, Puerta del Ángel. History The district is found over Quaternary terrains. There are several promontories in the ground: Bermejo, Cerro de la Piedra, Cerro de los Alemanes, Cerro de los Cuervos, Cerro de la Mica (the highest one) and Cerro Almodóvar. The district was included in the 1845 administrative division of Madr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Usera
Usera is a district of Madrid, Spain. It lies on the southern (right) bank of the Manzanares. It is home to about 10% of the Chinese citizens who live in the Madrid region. History The district was created in the city restructuring that took place on March 28, 1987. The district was formed from the northern part of the Villaverde district and the abolished Mediodia district. The name of the district comes from the Usera neighborhood, located in the north of the district. This neighborhood has its origin in some land located to the north of the municipality of Villaverde that belonged to "Tio Sordillo", a farmer from the municipality whose daughter married . The Colonel proposed that the development of this land would be more profitable than cultivation, so between 1925 and 1930 the land was divided into plots and sold. The person in charge of the delineation and layout of the streets was Colonel Marcelo's administrator, who decided to name many streets after members of the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |