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| Country |  Spain |
| Aut. community |  Madrid |
| Municipality |  Madrid |
| Government | |
| • Councillor-President | José Antonio Martínez Páramo (PP, 2023) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 237.81 km2 (91.82 sq mi) |
| Population | 220,085 |
| • Density | 925.5/km2 (2,397/sq mi) |
| Madrid district number | 8 |
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Fuencarral-El Pardo is one of the 21 districts that form the city of Madrid, Spain.
Fuencarral-El Pardo is the district number 8 and consists of the following neighborhoods: El Pardo (81), Fuentelarreina (82), Peñagrande (83), Pilar (84), La Paz (85), Valverde (86), Mirasierra (87) and El Goloso (88).
Despite its being a part of a capital city, El Pardo with its woods and river is an ecologically important landscape. It enjoyed protection from development as a hunting estate associated with the Royal Palace of El Pardo. In the 1980s the European Union designated the Monte de El Pardo as a Special Protection Area for bird-life. [1]
The district is administratively divided into 8 wards (Barrios):
The new campus of the Deutsche Schule Madrid, in Montecarmelo (ES) in the district, opened in the fall of 2015. [2]
Valverde may refer to:
Centro is a district of Madrid, Spain. It is approximately 5.23 km2 (2.02 sq mi) in size. It has a population of 149,718 people and a population density of 28,587 people/km2. It roughly corresponds to the bulk of the housing formerly enclosed by the so-called Walls of Philip IV. The district is made up of the neighbourhoods of Cortes, Embajadores, Justicia, Universidad, Palacio and Sol.
Peñagrande is a neighborhood to the north of Madrid's city centre, in the district of Fuencarral-El Pardo. Peñagrande is Madrid's 26th largest neighborhood in terms of land area, its 10th largest in population and 77th largest in population density.
El Pardo is a ward (barrio) of Madrid belonging to the district of Fuencarral-El Pardo. As of 2008 its population was of 3,656.
Paseo de la Castellana, commonly known as La Castellana, is a major thoroughfare in Madrid, Spain. Cutting across the city from south to north, it has been described as the "true structuring axis" of the city.
Barajas is a district of the city of Madrid, Spain.
Agrupación Deportiva Unión Adarve is a Spanish football team, from the Barrio del Pilar district of Fuencarral-El Pardo, in the city of Madrid, Community of Madrid. Founded in 1961, they play in Segunda Federación – Group 5.
Fuencarral is a neighborhood located in the northern part of Madrid, Spain. It includes the municipal area of the ancient town of Fuencarral, which was annexed to the city of Madrid by a decree of November 10, 1950. Administratively, Fuencarral belongs to the municipal district of Valverde in the district of Fuencarral-El Pardo.
The Torre de la Parada is a former hunting lodge that was located in present-day Monte de El Pardo in Fuencarral-El Pardo, near the Royal Palace of El Pardo, some way outside Madrid in the Sierra de Guadarrama. It was mostly destroyed by fire when taken in 1714 by Austrian troops in the War of Spanish Succession, though the ruins remain.
Valdemarín is a ward (barrio) of Madrid belonging to the district of Moncloa-Aravaca. Its code number is 95 and, as of 2006, its population was of 4,000.
The 2015 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid was the 28th edition of the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid cycling stage race. It started on 9 May in Colmenar Viejo and ended on 10 May in El Pardo.
Fuentelarreina is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid belonging to the district of Fuencarral-El Pardo.
El Pilar is a ward (barrio) of Madrid, the capital of Spain, belonging to the district of Fuencarral-El Pardo.
La Paz is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid belonging to the district of Fuencarral-El Pardo. It is home to the largest hospital in Madrid, Hospital Universitario La Paz.
Valverde is an administrative neighborhood (barrio) of Madrid belonging to the district of Fuencarral-El Pardo. It has an area of 8.977802 km2 (3.466349 sq mi). As of 1 March 2020, it has a population of 65,022. The historic centre of Fuencarral, belongs to the Valverde neighborhood. The Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal is also located in the neighborhood.
Mirasierra is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid belonging to the district of Fuencarral-El Pardo. Mirasierra was founded in 1953.
El Goloso is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid belonging to the district of Fuencarral-El Pardo.
San Diego is an administrative neighborhood (barrio) of Madrid belonging to the district of Puente de Vallecas.
Universidad Villanueva is a private university located in Madrid (Spain), affiliated to the Catholic organization Opus Dei. It is the smallest university in Madrid by number of bachelor's students. It started teaching in the year 2020, although its history as an institution can be traced back to 1977.
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