Perales de Tajuña
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Perales de Tajuña | |
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Town | |
 Flag | |
_mapa.svg) Location in Community of Madrid | |
| Coordinates: 40°14′N 3°21′W / 40.233°N 3.350°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous Community |  Madrid |
| Comarca | Comarca de Las Vegas |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jose Andrés García López (PP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 48.92 km2 (18.89 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 595 m (1,952 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
• Total | 2,738 |
| • Density | 56/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Peraleño,-a |
| Province code | 28 |
| Distance from Madrid | 38 km (24 mi) |
| Website | www |
Perales de Tajuña is a small town in Spain, in the province and autonomous community of Madrid, located about 40 km to the southeast of Madrid in the area known as the Comarca de Las Vegas. The municipality covers 48.92 km², has a population of 2,738 inhabitants and a population density of 55.97 hab/km². To the north it borders with Arganda del Rey and Campo Real, to the east with Tielmes, to the south with Villarejo de Salvanés, and to the west with Morata de Tajuña and Valdelaguna.
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,961 | — |
| 1996 | 1,991 | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 2,089 | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 2,358 | +12.9% |
| 2008 | 2,738 | +16.1% |
Education
In Perales de Tajuña there is one (1) public nursery school and one (1) infant and primary school, also public.
Architecture
Religious
- Parish church of Our Lady of the Castle
- Hermitage of San Isidro
Historical
- Town Hall
- Remains of watchtown and walls
- Ruins of Hermitage of San Sebastián
- Ruins of old hermitage of San Isidro
- Telegraph Tower-Fortress
Nature
- Risco de las Cuevas (Cliff caves)
- Prado de Arriba (Top field)
Fountains
- Mariblanca fountan
- Round fountain
- Barracks fountain
- Lagasca fountain
- Butrera fountain
Festivities
- San Blas, third of February
- Our Lady of the Castle, first Sunday of May
- San Isidro, fifteenth of May
- Town festival, month of August
Communications
Perales de Tajuña is well connected by road to Madrid and all the surrounding towns.
- From Madrid: R-3 (toll motorway) or A-3 (dual carriageway); Exits 33A, 35 or 41
- From Arganda del Rey: the old N-III
- From Campo Real: M-220
- From Morata de Tajuña: M-302
- From Tielmes, Carabaña, Orusco, Ambite: M-204
- From Valdelaguna: M-317
- From Villarejo de Salvanés: A-3, Exit 41
References
External links
Media related to Perales de Tajuña at Wikimedia Commons- Official webpage of Perales de Tajuña Town Council in Spanish
- Madrid Region Statistical Office in Spanish
