Alcobendas

Municipality

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Alcobendas

Location in Spain

Coordinates: 40°32′N 3°38′W / 40.533°N 3.633°WCoordinates: 40°32′N 3°38′W / 40.533°N 3.633°W

Spain

Madrid metropolitan area

Founded

Around 1208

Government

• Alcalde

Ignacio García de Vinuesa (2007) (PP)

Area

• Total

44.98 km² (17.37 sq mi)

Elevation

700 m (2,300 ft)

Population (2008)

• Total

107,514

• Density

2,400/km² (6,200/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Alcobendense or alcobendano

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

28100, 28108, 28109

Website

Official website

Alcobendas (Spanish pronunciation: [alkoˈβendas]) is a city located in the Community of Madrid, central Spain. It is located roughly 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of Madrid and 7 kilometres (4 mi) from Barajas International Airport. It includes a central urban zone, a recently built district known as Valdelasfuentes, La Moraleja and El Soto de la Moraleja residential zones, the Valdelatas nature reserve and a light industrial estate. A huge business park called Valdelacasa for high-tech firms is being built. It is the location of a basketball museum organised by the Pedro Ferrándiz Foundation where the FIBA Hall of Fame is located.

Once a working class area, it has in more recent times become one of the more socially and economically affluent areas of the Madrid metropolitan area and also contains the neighbourhood of La Moraleja.

Alcobendas is in the B1 zone for Madrid's transport network.
Both Alcobendas and its neighbour city, San Sebastián de los Reyes are connected with Madrid with buses operated by the 'Interbús' bus company. There are currently eight bus lines that go to and from different districts of Alcobendas to Plaza de Castilla (the hub for public transport to northern Madrid). Alcobendas also has eight bus lines that connect the different zones of Alcobendas between themselves.

Metro (Underground):

Alcobendas presently has four Metro stations (La Granja, La Moraleja, Marqués de la Valdavia and Manuel de Falla) which are all on line 10 of the Madrid Metro network. These stations were recently opened by Esperanza Aguirre, President of the Autonomous Community of Madrid.

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