Fuencarral-El Pardo
Fuencarral-El Pardo | |
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| Country |  Spain |
| Aut. community |  Madrid |
| Municipality |  Madrid |
| 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):
Education
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The new campus of the Deutsche Schule Madrid, in Montecarmelo (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 at Wikimedia Commons
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