Fuencarral-El Pardo
Fuencarral-El Pardo | |
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Area | |
• Total | 237.81 km2 (91.82 sq mi) |
Population | 220,085 |
• Density | 925.5/km2 (2,397/sq mi) |
Madrid district number | 8 |
Fuencarral-El Pardo is one of the 21 districts that form the city of Madrid, Spain.
Overview[]
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]
Geography[]
Subdivision[]
The district is administratively divided into 8 wards (Barrios):
- Barrio del Pilar
- El Goloso
- El Pardo
- Fuentelarreina
- La Paz
- Mirasierra
- Peñagrande
- Valverde
Education[]
The new campus of the Deutsche Schule Madrid, in (ES) in the district, opened in the fall of 2015.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "El Monte de El Pardo".
- ^ "El nuevo Colegio Alemán de Madrid, la mayor obra civil alemana del extranjero" (Archive). La Vanguardia. 9 October 2015. Retrieved on 2 April 2016.
External links[]
Media related to Fuencarral-El Pardo District at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 40°28′43″N 3°42′35″W / 40.47861°N 3.70972°W
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