San Lorenzo de El Escorial

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San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality
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Coat of arms of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Madrid
Province : Madrid
Comarca : Cuenca del Guadarrama
Coordinates 40 ° 36 ′  N , 4 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 36 ′  N , 4 ° 8 ′  W
Height : 1032  msnm
Area : 56.4 km²
Residents : 18,369 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 325.69 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : E-28200
Municipality number  ( INE ): 28131
administration
Official language : Castilian
Mayor : José Luis Fernández-Quejo del Pozo ( PP )
Website : www.sanlorenzodeelescorial.org
Location of the municipality
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San Lorenzo de El Escorial is a municipality in the northwest of the Spanish region of Comunidad de Madrid .

geography

The municipality is located in the Sierra de Guadarrama at an average altitude of 1035 meters and is 47 km from Madrid. It has 18,369 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019).

Attractions

In San Lorenzo there are two monuments closely linked to Spanish history:

Town twinning

The municipality maintains partnerships with Saint-Quentin in France and San Lorenzo in Paraguay.

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).

Web links

Commons : San Lorenzo de El Escorial  - collection of images, videos and audio files
El Escorial monastery residence, view of the entire complex