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Valdepiélagos
Municipality
View of Valdepiélagos
Coat of arms
Municipal location within the Community of Madrid.
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Community of Madrid
Comarca	Campiña Madrileña
Government
• Mayor	Juan Pablo Herradas Calleja (CIV)
Area
• Total	679 sq mi (1,759 km²)
• Land	679 sq mi (1,759 km²)
Elevation	2,441 ft (744 m)
Population (2012)
• Total	571
• Density	8,410/sq mi (3,246/km²)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Valdepiélagos is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain.^[1] It received the title of villa (town) on the 3rd of May, 1801.

Etymology

The origins of the word Valdepiélagos are obscure, nevertheless linguists and historians have proposed two different versions about this name:

Valdepiélagos comes from the transposition of val (archaic short form of valle meaning valley), preposition de (of), and piélago (from Latin la:pelagus, sea), which is a poetic word to name a sea or ocean or, in a figurative sense (as it seems in this case) an abundance of waters. According to this theory, the meaning of Valdepiélagos would be valley of many waters.

Valdepiélagos was also the place chosen by the ancient residents of nearby Talamanca de Jarama for laying the skins of animals under the sun in order to dry them before they could be further worked on. Thus, the name would consist of val + de + piel (which means skin in Spanish) + lagos ([lakes|lake]], again in reference to the numerous currents and waters). This is consistent with the local place names in the area, with towns being often named after the trade commodity they produced.

Location and road access

The town of Valdepiélagos is situated on the north-eastern limit of the Community of Madrid, bordering the province of Guadalajara to the north and east, and the municipality of Talamanca de Jarama to the south and west.

Regarding to road access, two motorways traverse the municipality: the M-120 which runs from Mesones to Talamanca de Jarama; and the M-125 running from El Cubillo.

Access from the city of Madrid can be achieved by entering the A-1 motorway heading to Burgos and then taking the Exit 50 to get to the N-320 heading to Guadalajara. Access from Guadalajara itself is made bay taking the N-320 in the opposite direction.

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200,000+	Móstoles
150,000+	Alcalá de Henares Alcorcón Fuenlabrada Getafe Leganés
100,000+	Alcobendas Coslada Parla Torrejón de Ardoz
50,000+	Aranjuez Arganda del Rey Boadilla del Monte Collado Villalba Las Rozas de Madrid Majadahonda Pinto Pozuelo de Alarcón Rivas-Vaciamadrid San Sebastián de los Reyes Valdemoro
25,000+	Colmenar Viejo Galapagar Navalcarnero San Fernando de Henares Tres Cantos Villaviciosa de Odón
under 25,000	La Acebeda Ajalvir Alameda del Valle El Álamo Aldea del Fresno Algete Alpedrete Ambite Anchuelo Arroyomolinos El Atazar Batres Becerril de la Sierra Belmonte de Tajo El Berrueco Berzosa del Lozoya El Boalo Braojos Brea de Tajo Brunete Buitrago del Lozoya Bustarviejo Cabanillas de la Sierra La Cabrera Cadalso de los Vidrios Camarma de Esteruelas Campo Real Canencia Carabaña Casarrubuelos Cenicientos Cercedilla Cervera de Buitrago Chapinería Chinchón Ciempozuelos Cobeña Collado Mediano Colmenar de Oreja Colmenar del Arroyo Colmenarejo Corpa Cubas de la Sagra El Escorial Estremera Fresnedillas de la Oliva Fresno de Torote Fuente el Saz de Jarama Fuentidueña de Tajo Garganta de los Montes Gargantilla del Lozoya y Pinilla de Buitrago Gascones Griñón Guadalix de la Sierra Guadarrama La Hiruela Horcajo de la Sierra Horcajuelo de la Sierra Hoyo de Manzanares Loeches Lozoya Lozoyuela-Navas-Sieteiglesias Madarcos Manzanares el Real Meco Miraflores de la Sierra El Molar Los Molinos Mejorada del Campo Montejo de la Sierra Moraleja de Enmedio Moralzarzal Morata de Tajuña Navacerrada Navalafuente Navalagamella Navarredonda y San Mamés Navas del Rey Nuevo Baztán Olmeda de las Fuentes Orusco de Tajuña Paracuellos de Jarama Pedrezuela Pelayos de la Presa Perales de Tajuña Pezuela de las Torres Pinilla del Valle Piñuécar-Gandullas Pozuelo del Rey Prádena del Rincón Puebla de la Sierra Puentes Viejas Quijorna Rascafría Redueña Ribatejada Robledillo de la Jara Robledo de Chavela Robregordo Rozas de Puerto Real San Agustín del Guadalix San Lorenzo de El Escorial San Martín de la Vega San Martín de Valdeiglesias Santa María de la Alameda Santorcaz Los Santos de la Humosa La Serna del Monte Serranillos del Valle Sevilla la Nueva Somosierra Soto del Real Talamanca de Jarama Tielmes Titulcia Torrejón de la Calzada Torrejón de Velasco Torrelaguna Torrelodones Torremocha de Jarama Torres de la Alameda Valdaracete Valdeavero Valdelaguna Valdemanco Valdemaqueda Valdemorillo Valdeolmos-Alalpardo Valdepiélagos Valdetorres de Jarama Valdilecha Valverde de Alcalá El Vellón Venturada Villa del Prado Villaconejos Villalbilla Villamanrique de Tajo Villamanta Villamantilla Villanueva de la Cañada Villanueva del Pardillo Villanueva de Perales Villar del Olmo Villarejo de Salvanés Villavieja del Lozoya Zarzalejo

40°46′N 3°28′W / 40.767°N 3.467°W / 40.767; -3.467

References

^ Valdepielagos. Pueblos Espana. Accessed September 13, 2012.

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-''' Valdepiélagos''' is a [[Municipalities of Spain|municipality]] of the [[Community of Madrid]], [[Spain]].<ref>[http://www.pueblos-espana.org/comunidad+de+madrid/madrid/valdepielagos/ Valdepielagos]. Pueblos Espana. Accessed September 13, 2012.</ref>
+''' Valdepiélagos''' is a [[Municipalities of Spain|municipality]] of the [[Community of Madrid]], [[Spain]].<ref>[http://www.pueblos-espana.org/comunidad+de+madrid/madrid/valdepielagos/ Valdepielagos]. Pueblos Espana. Accessed September 13, 2012.</ref> It received the title of ''villa'' ([[town]]) on the 3rd of May, 1801.
+== Etymology ==
+The origins of the word '''Valdepiélagos''' are obscure, nevertheless linguists and historians have proposed two different versions about this name:
+* '''''Valdepiélagos''''' comes from the transposition of ''val'' (archaic short form of ''valle'' meaning [[valley]]), preposition ''de'' (''of''), and ''piélago'' (from Latin ''[[:la:pelagus]]'', [[sea]]), which is a poetic word to name a sea or ocean or, in a figurative sense (as it seems in this case) an abundance of waters. According to this theory, the meaning of Valdepiélagos would be ''valley of many waters''.
+* '''''Valdepiélagos''''' was also the place chosen by the ancient residents of nearby [[Talamanca de Jarama]] for laying the skins of animals under the sun in order to dry them before they could be further worked on. Thus, the name would consist of ''val'' + ''de'' + ''piel'' (which means ''skin'' in Spanish) + ''lagos'' (''[lakes|lake]]'', again in reference to the numerous currents and waters). This is consistent with the local place names in the area, with towns being often named after the trade commodity they produced.
+== Location and road access ==
+The town of Valdepiélagos is situated on the north-eastern limit of the Community of Madrid, bordering the province of [[Guadalajara province|Guadalajara]] to the north and east, and the municipality of [[Talamanca de Jarama]] to the south and west.
+Regarding to road access, two motorways traverse the municipality: the M-120 which runs from [[Mesones]] to [[Talamanca de Jarama]]; and the M-125 running from [[El Cubillo]].
+Access from the city of [[Madrid]] can be achieved by entering the A-1 motorway heading to Burgos and then taking the Exit 50 to get to the N-320 heading to [[Guadalajara]]. Access from Guadalajara itself is made bay taking the N-320 in the opposite direction.
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