Pinto, Madrid

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Pinto
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Pinto, Madrid
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Pinto
Coordinates: 40°15′N3°42′W / 40.250°N 3.700°W / 40.250; -3.700
Country Spain
Region Community of Madrid
Government
 • MayorSalomón Aguado Manzanares
Area
 • Total62.7 km2 (24.2 sq mi)
Elevation
604 m (1,982 ft)
Population
 (2018) [1]
 • Total51,541
 • Density820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Demonym Pinteños
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Website www.ayto-pinto.es

Pinto (Spanish: [ˈpinto] ⓘ ) is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. It is located in the central area of the Iberian Peninsula at an altitude of 604 meters, 20 kilometers south of Madrid, and covers 62.7 square kilometers. In 2018, Pinto had a population of 51,541. [2] It is home to the Torre de Pinto, the Pinto Castle, and the Éboli Tower, which is a 14th-century tower used as a prison for nobles who fell out of favor with the king.

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Name

The name may seemingly originate from the Latin pinctus ('tincted' or 'coloured'). [3]

History

In the wake of the border conflict between the lands of Segovia and Madrid in the middle ages, the border was settled in a 1239 resolution, which established Pinto as a hamlet of Madrid, bordering with the sexmo of Valdemoro (an exclave of Segovia). [4] The hamlet of Pinto was segregated from the jurisdiction of the land of Madrid in 1331 and granted to Martín Fernández de Toledo. [5] However, the decision was overruled in 1132, and the hamlet returned to Madrid. [6] Pinto became a seigneurial domain again in 1350, when Peter I granted the place to Íñigo López de Orozco, although it continued to be claimed by Madrid for decades to come. [7]

Symbols

The blazon of the coat of arms reads as follows: [8]

Jaquelado de quince escaques, ocho de oro y siete de gules, cargado con la figura de un globo terráqueo de azur, con los continentes en oro y un punto de gules en el centro de la península ibérica. Al timbre corona real de España. [8]

Checkered with fifteen squares, eight of gold and seven of gules, plated with a figure of a globe azure, with the continents in gold and a point in gules in the center of the Iberian Peninsula. Topped with the Spanish royal crown

—  Boletín Oficial del Estado

Geography

Location

Pinto as seen by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2. (Pinto) Madrid ESA354454 (cropped).jpg
Pinto as seen by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2.

Pinto has a typical Castilian plateau landscape, with heavy urban expansion due to its proximity to the capital. The Arroyo de los Prados is a stream that passes through the village that was first cultivated in 1967. It is a tributary of the Arroyo Culebro, which also runs through the village, creating the border between Pinto and Getafe.

The area is also subject to flooding that occurs as a result of the Arroyo de los Prados rising.

In the southwest of the town lies the last remaining wetland of the municipality, Los Estragales, where up to 130 different types of birds have been identified.[ citation needed ]

Boundaries

Climate

Pinto has a Mediterranean climate with hot summers that can reach up to 40 °C and cold winters that can drop below 0 °C. Rainfall is scarce, with approximately 450 mm of precipitation annually, with autumn and spring being the rainiest seasons. [9] Snowfalls, which, in the past,[ when? ] were relatively abundant, now occur infrequently.

Demography

According to the 2018 census, the total population of Pinto had risen to 51,541 inhabitants. [2]

Demographic Evolution [10]
188919001920193019501960197019751982199020002005200620092010201420152017
3121,0487,9878,6959,34115,60316,98017,05322,50326,90228,72637,55939,43243,50144,52447,59449,56550,442

Politics and government

Mayors

List of Mayors
TermNameParty
1979-1983Carlos Penit PCE
1983-1987Carlos PenitPCE
1987-1993Carlos Penit IU
1993-1995Gloria RazábalIU
1995-1999Antonio Fernández PSOE
1999-2003Antonio FernándezPSOE
2003-2007Antonio Fernández

Juan Tendero

PSOE

PSOE

2007-2008Miriam Rabaneda Gudiel PP
2008-2011Juan José Martín NietoPSOE
2011-2015Miriam Rabaneda GudielPP
2015–2019Rafael Sánchez RomeroGanemos Pinto
2019-2023Juan Diego OrtizPSOE
2023-presentSalomón AguadoPP

Municipal politics after the transition

In 1979, with the arrival of democracy, Carlos Penit, the head of the regional Communist Party of Spain (PCE), became the first mayor of Pinto, and was reelected in 1983, 1987, and 1991.

In 1993, Gloria Razábal was elected by the municipal council, making her the first female mayor of Pinto.

In 1995, Antonio Fernández, leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), became the mayor by a margin of 25 votes. He was reelected in the years 1999 and 2003 with a majority. Due to accusations of corruption, he resigned in 2005, and Juan Tendero became mayor.

Pinto was considered a left-wing enclave until 2007 when the conservative Popular Party (PP) put itself within 3 points of the governing PSOE. After managing to double its share of votes from 21% to 42% in the prior four years, PP was then able to go into coalition with Juntos por Pinto (Together for Pinto; JpP) to govern with a stable majority and proclaim Miriam Rabaneda as the mayor of Pinto.

Miriam Rabaneda, former Mayor of Pinto Miriam Rabaneda, candidata PP Madrid en Pinto (5570210627).jpg
Miriam Rabaneda, former Mayor of Pinto

The legislature was full of political tension. A councillor from Juntos por Pinto, Reyes Maestre, changed his mind concerning a motor space project, supporting its construction. This provoked a crisis within the PP-JpP government. On 22 December 2008 a motion of censure was presented by PSOE/IU/JpP against the Popular Party and PSOE member Juan José Martín Nieto was proclaimed as the new mayor, obtaining a majority in the municipal council. The political tension in Pinto was constant. In February 2010, the former mayor Miriam Rabaneda and her sister Tamara Rabaneda, former councillor of the Treasury, were charged for alleged malfeasance due to irregularities in the municipal accounts. The case was subsequently dismissed by a court in the town of Parla. In October 2010, Reyes Maestre was terminated as deputy mayor by the mayor of Pinto.

In the municipal elections on 22 May 2011, the Popular Party won another majority and Miriam Rabaneda took back the mayorship of the municipality from Juan José Martín Nieto. These elections led to the emergence of the party UPyD in Pinto, which won two seats, thus becoming a new political force represented in the City Council. The electorate punished Juntos por Pinto, then headed by Reyes Mastre, as well as the United Left party (IU), which gained no representation.

In 2015, the municipal elections held that no party had managed to obtain an absolute majority, with UPyD losing both of its seats. In these elections, the party Ganemos Pinto (a coalition between several minor parties, including Podemos) gained seven seats alongside PP, PSOE, which gained five, and Ciudadanos with two. An alliance between Ganemos Pinto and PSOE granted Rafael Sánchez Romero the mayorship.

Main sights

Tower where Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, was imprisoned. Torre de Eboli.jpg
Tower where Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, was imprisoned.

Notable people

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