Alcazar de San Juan

Alcázar de San Juan parish
	Windmills on the Campo de Criptana
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile-La Mancha
Province :	Ciudad Real
Coordinates	39 ° 24 ′ N , 3 ° 12 ′ W Coordinates: 39 ° 24 ′ N , 3 ° 12 ′ W
Height :	644 msnm
Area :	666.78 km²
Residents :	30,576 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	45.86 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	13600
Municipality number ( INE ):	13005
administration
Mayor :	José Fernando Sánchez Bódalo ( PSOE )
Website :	www.alcazardesanjuan.es

Alcázar de San Juan , often just called Alcázar for short , is a city with 30,576 inhabitants located south of Madrid . It belongs to the Spanish province of Ciudad Real in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha .

To the east there are three lakes: "La Veguilla", "Laguna del Camino de Villafranca" and "Laguna de Las Yeguas".

Alcázar de San Juan has long been known as a central railway junction between Madrid, Albacete (further towards Murcia ) and Valdepenas and to the southwest. The station is worth seeing and is a stop on a rapid transit line.