Valdemoro

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Valdemoro municipality
Valdemoro - town center
Valdemoro - town center
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Valdemoro Coat of Arms
Valdemoro (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Madrid
Comarca : Sur
Coordinates 40 ° 12 ′  N , 3 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 12 ′  N , 3 ° 41 ′  W
Height : 615  msnm
Area : 64.17 km²
Residents : 75,983 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 1,184.09 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 23840
Municipality number  ( INE ): 28161
administration
Website : Valdemoro

Valdemoro ("City of the Moors") is a city and a municipality (municipio) with 75,983 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the metropolitan area of ​​the Spanish capital Madrid in the south of the autonomous community of Madrid in central Spain . The old town center of the rapidly growing city was classified as a cultural asset ( Bien de Interés Cultural ) in the category Conjunto histórico-artístico in 1993 because of its historical buildings .

Location and climate

Valdemoro is about 28 km (driving distance) south of Madrid at an altitude of about 615  m ; the distance to Toledo is approximately 56 km in a south-westerly direction. The climate is harsh in winter, but temperate to warm in summer; Rain (approx. 430 mm / year) falls - with the exception of the summer months - over the year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2000 2017
Residents 1,960 2,833 3.115 28,243 73.976

In the second half of the 20th century, comparatively low land prices and rents led to an influx of people from rural areas, but also from the city of Madrid.

economy

For centuries, the residents of the village lived as self-sufficient farmers from the surrounding area; Traders, craftsmen and service providers of all kinds also settled in the village. In the meantime, small and medium-sized industrial companies have also joined. The various transport connections to Madrid are used by thousands of commuters every day .

history

The oldest archaeological evidence found in the municipality comes from the Bronze and Iron Ages ; Roman and Visigoth finds are missing and there is speculation about a Moorish foundation of the place. In the 10th century, and especially after the reconquest ( reconquista ) of Toledo (1085), the area of Christians from the north was, but also from the south of the Iberian Peninsula ( Mudejar ) populated. The first mention of the place comes from the 12th century; it experienced its heyday in the 17th century.

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City view of Valdemoro with the Ermita del Santo Cristo de la Salud in the foreground (17th century)

Attractions

  • The oldest preserved building in the city is the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción ; the church is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and houses paintings by Goya , Francisco Bayeu and Claudio Coello .
  • The Mudéjar style church of the Convento de Santa Clara, which belongs to the Order of the Poor Clares, dates from the same period .
  • The large urban fountain (Fuente de la Villa) was also built in the first years of the 17th century; however, it has been repeatedly restored in the meantime.
  • At the end of the 17th century, the Ermita del Santo Cristo de la Salud was built a little outside the city , which is now not far from the town center.
  • The unadorned building of Juncarejo , built in the Neo-Mudéjar style between 1880 and 1885, served the Guardia Civil .
  • The clock tower (torre de reloj) in the Plaza de la Constitución dates from the end of the 17th century.
  • There are several parks spread across the city.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Valdemoro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
  2. ↑ Valdemoro - climate tables
  3. ^ Valdemoro - population development