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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 ...
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Apóstol Santiago (Madrid)
Apóstol Santiago is a ward (''barrio'') of Madrid belonging to the district of 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 .... References Wards of Madrid Hortaleza {{Madrid-geo-stub ...
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Pinar Del Rey (Madrid)
Pinar del Rey is a ward (''barrio'') of Madrid belonging to the district of 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 .... References Wards of Madrid Hortaleza {{Madrid-geo-stub ...
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Palomas (Madrid)
Palomas is a ward (''barrio'') of Madrid belonging to the district of 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 .... References Wards of Madrid Hortaleza {{Madrid-geo-stub Madrid is also a last name ...
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Districts Of Madrid
Madrid, the capital of Spain, is divided into 21 districts, which are further subdivided into List of wards of Madrid, 131 administrative wards. Additional neighborhoods exist outside the boundaries of administrative borders. Each district is governed by a body named ''Junta Municipal de Distrito''. Residents of Madrid are typically called ''Madrileños''. Districts and wards Data as of 1st January 2017. Source: Área de Gobierno de Economía, Hacienda. Subdirección General de Estadística. Padrón Municipal de Habitantes. Popular neighbourhoods Contemporary Madrid came into its own after the death of general Francisco Franco. Reaction against the dictatorial bureaucracy centered in Madrid, and a history of centralism that predated Franco by centuries has resulted in the successful modern movement towards increased Autonomous entity, autonomy for the regions of Spain, considered autonomous regions under the umbrella of Spain. The modern metropolis is home to over three millio ...
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Lycée Français De Madrid
Lycée Français de Madrid (LFM, ) is a French international school in Madrid, Spain. It serves levels ''maternelle'' (preschool) until ''lycée'' (senior high school). It is directly operated by the Agency for French Education Abroad. It has two campuses: the Conde de Orgaz in Hortaleza,Hidalgo, Susana.Hortaleza, territorio francés. ''El País''. 23 January 2005. Retrieved on 22 September 2015. northeast Madrid and Saint-Exupéry in La Moraleja, Alcobendas.Bienvenue au Lycée Français de Madrid
" Lycée Français de Madrid. Retrieved on 17 January 2015.
As of 2012 it is the world's largest French international school.Fraguas, Rafael.



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Canillas (Madrid)
Canillas is a ward (''barrio'') of Madrid belonging to the district of 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 .... it is also home to Parroquia de Santa Paula (Parish of Saint Paula). References Wards of Madrid Hortaleza {{Madrid-geo-stub ...
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Valdefuentes (Madrid)
Valdefuentes is a ward (''barrio'') of Madrid belonging to the district of 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 .... References Wards of Madrid Hortaleza {{Madrid-geo-stub ...
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Piovera (Madrid)
Piovera (aka La Piovera) is an administrative neighborhood () of Madrid belonging to the district of Hortaleza. Featuring a residential area consisting of single detached dwellings, the neighborhood is inhabited by affluent people, and it hosts several embassies A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually denotes a .... References Wards of Madrid Hortaleza {{Madrid-geo-stub ...
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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 is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its wikt:monocentric, monocentric Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area is the List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, second-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the Manzanares (river), River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also th ...
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City Council 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 ...
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Community Of Madrid
The Community of Madrid (; ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities and 50 provinces of Spain, provinces of Spain. It is located at the heart of the Iberian Peninsula and Meseta Central, Central Plateau (); its capital and largest municipality is Madrid. The Community of Madrid is bounded to the south and east by Castilla–La Mancha and to the north and west by Castile and León. It was formally created in 1983, in order to address the particular status of the city of Madrid as the capital of the Spanish State and in urban hierarchy. Its boundaries are coextensive with those of the province of Madrid, which was until then conventionally included in the historical region of New Castile (Spain), New Castile (''Castilla la Nueva''). The Community of Madrid is the third most populous in Spain with 7,058,041 (2024) inhabitants, roughly a seventh of the national total, mostly concentrated in the metropolitan area of Madrid. It is also the most densely populated autonomous comm ...
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Florentino Pérez
Florentino Pérez Rodríguez (; born 8 March 1947) is a Spanish businessman and the president of football club Real Madrid, as well as chairman and CEO of Grupo ACS, a civil engineering company. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest club presidents of all time. Pérez began his professional career in the private sector in 1971 and was a member of the Spanish Union of the Democratic Center and the secretary-general of the Spanish Democratic Reformist Party, from 1979 to 1986. He has been president of Real Madrid from 2000 to 2006 and from 2009 onwards. During his first six years as president, he implemented the '' Galácticos'' policy of bringing the world's best players to Real Madrid. In his first four seasons in charge, he bought Luís Figo from arch-rivals Barcelona, Zinedine Zidane for a then-world record transfer fee, Ronaldo, and David Beckham. From the 2003–04 season to the 2005-06 season, the club did not win a trophy, leading Pérez to resign in 2006. He ass ...
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