Fuenlabrada
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 Fuenlabrada
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| Coordinates: 40°17′00″N 3°48′00″W / 40.28333°N 3.80000°WCoordinates: 40°17′00″N 3°48′00″W / 40.28333°N 3.80000°W | |||
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 Spain
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 Community of Madrid
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| Comarca | Madrid metropolitan area | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Manuel Robles Delgado (PSOE) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 39.41 km2 (15.22 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 664 m (2,178 ft) | ||
| Population (2009) | |||
| • Total | 197,836 | ||
| • Density | 5,000/km2 (13,000/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 28940-28947 | ||
| Official language(s) | Spanish | ||
| Website | www.ayto-fuenlabrada.es | ||
Fuenlabrada (Spanish pronunciation: [fwenlaˈβɾaða]) is a city and municipality in the Madrid Metropolitan Area, Spain. It is to the southwest of the region, 22.5 km from the capital, and had a population of 197,836 in 2009. The name probably has its origin in Fuente Labrada (Spanish for "carved fountain").
Fuenlabrada witnessed a dramatic population explosion in the 1980s, due to large scale immigration of young workers coming from the capital city and other agrarian regions (chiefly Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha, Andalusia and Galicia) seeking affordable prices in housing. By 1975, the municipality had already reached a population of 18,442. Foreign workers have also settled in the city, most of them coming from Latin America, Africa, the Maghreb, China and Romania. Famous people from Fuenlabrada include Spain and Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres, and Olympiacos F.C. goalkeeper Roberto.
The first news about Fuenlabrada came out 200 years later after its founding because of an ambitious project promoted by Philip II of Spain, the Topographic Relations of Philip II. All the cities, towns and villages received a royal 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.
Roads
The city is linked with the M-50, A-42, M-506, M-407 and M-409 highways. It is connected as well to the neighbouring towns of Humanes de Madrid and Moraleja de Enmedio through the M-413 and M-405 local roads, respectively.
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