San Sebastián de los Reyes
San Sebastián de los Reyes | |
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Nickname(s): Sanse, Pamplona chica | |
![]() ![]() San Sebastián de los Reyes | |
Coordinates: 40°32′49″N 3°37′33″W / 40.54694°N 3.62583°W | |
Country | Spain |
Region | Community of Madrid |
Founded | 1492 |
Government | |
• Type | ayuntamiento |
• Mayor | Narciso Romero (PSOE) |
Area | |
• Total | 59.26 km2 (22.88 sq mi) |
• Land | 59.26 km2 (22.88 sq mi) |
Elevation | 730 m (2,400 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 87,724 |
• Density | 1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (GMT +1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (GMT +2) |
Post code | 28701-28703, 28706-28709 |
Area code(s) | +34 91 |
Website | http://www.ssreyes.org/ |
San Sebastián de los Reyes (colloquially called "Sanse") is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1492, it is located 20 km north of Madrid.
Geography[]
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It forms an urban continuum with the neighboring Alcobendas,[2]
Transport[]
San Sebastián de los Reyes, having direct communication with the A-1 motorway, has a connection with several bus lines that connect the city with Madrid and several towns in the Sierra Norte of Madrid. This line buses, along with urban ones, are the following:
- Urban line 2: Alcobendas - La Moraleja (by Paseo de Alcobendas) (Interbús)
- Urban line 4: Sports Center - Moscatelares (Interbús)
- Urban line 5: San Sebastián de los Reyes - Alcobendas - El Soto de la Moraleja (Interbús)
- Urban line 7: Alcobendas train station - Polígonos - Alcobendas train station (Interbús)
- Urban line 8: Alcobendas (train station) - Alcobendas (Arroyo de la Vega) (Interbús)
- 151: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Alcobendas (Interbús)
- 152C: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - San Sebastián de los Reyes (Dehesa Vieja) (Interbús)
- 153: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Alcobendas - Rosa Luxemburgo (Interbús)
- 154: Madrid (Chamartín) - San Sebastián de los Reyes (circular by Fuencarral) (Interbús)
- 154C: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - San Sebastián de los Reyes (Quiñones Avenue) (Interbús)
- 156: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - San Sebastián de los Reyes (Polígono Industrial Moscatelares) (Interbús)
- 158: Madrid (Pinar de Chamartín) - Alcobendas-San Sebastián de los Reyes (Tempranales) (Interbús)
- 161: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Fuente del Fresno urbanization (Interbús)
- 166: San Sebastián de los Reyes-Urbanización Valdelagua (Interbús)
- 180: Alcobendas - Algete (Interbús)
- 171: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Santo Domingo urbanization (ALSA)
- 191: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Buitrago del Lozoya (ALSA)
- 193: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - El Vellón (ALSA)
- 194: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Rascafría (ALSA)
- 195: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Braojos (ALSA)
- 196: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - La Acebeda (ALSA)
- 197: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Uceda (ALSA)
- 210: San Sebastián de los Reyes - Paracuellos de Jarama (ALSA)
- 827: Madrid (Canillejas) - Tres Cantos (Doroteo Casado Montes)
- 827A: Alcobendas - San Sebastián de los Reyes - University (Doroteo Casado Montes)
- Night bus line 102: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - San Sebastián de los Reyes (Interbús)
- Night bus line 103: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Algete (Interbús)
- Night bus line 104: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - San Agustín del Guadalix (ALSA)
San Sebastián de los Reyes also shares a railway station with the neighboring municipality of Alcobendas. From this station you can go to the city of Madrid and to many other places such as Getafe or Parla.
Economy[]
Major industrial companies have branches in San Sebastián de los Reyes, including IKEA, Leroy Merlin, PC City, Selther, Carrefour, Alternate, Media Markt, Telepizza, Antena 3, and many more.
Sport[]
The Jarama Circuit, located in the north of the municipality, hosted the Spanish Grand Prix and Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix between the 1960s and 1980s. A women's soccer team, Madrid CFF, plays in the Primera División (women) but it has not gone well for them there. They are from Madrid, but their stadium is in San Sebastián.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Ayuntamiento-Sanse.jpg/250px-Ayuntamiento-Sanse.jpg)
Town twinning[]
References[]
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Díaz Pacheco, Jaime; Hewitt, Richard (2010). "El territorio como bien de consumo las grandes superficies comerciales en el contexto metropolitano y su implicación para el desarrollo urbano sostenible". In Carlos Cornejo Nieto; Juan Morán Sáez; José Prada Trigo (eds.). Ciudad, territorio y paisaje: Reflexiones para un debate multidisciplinar (PDF). p. 243. ISBN 978-84-92943-28-9.
- ^ "Los jóvenes de Sanse visitan la ciudad hermana de Baunatal". Gente Digital. 27 September 2012.
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