Cercedilla
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_mapa.svg) Location of Cercedilla in Madrid | |
  Cercedilla Location in Spain  Cercedilla Cercedilla (Community of Madrid) | |
| Coordinates: 40°44′28″N 4°3′25″W / 40.74111°N 4.05694°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Community of Madrid |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luis Miguel Peña Fernández (2019) |
| Area | |
• Total | 35.8 km2 (13.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,214 m (3,983 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 6,948 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (500/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Parraos |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | Official website |
Cercedilla (Spanish: [θeɾθeˈðiʎa] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, in central Spain. It is located in the Sierra de Guadarrama.
Background
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Francisco Fernández Ochoa
It was the hometown of Francisco Fernández Ochoa (1950–2006), an alpine ski racer known for being the first (and only) Spaniard to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. He won the slalom in 1972 in Japan. Less than two weeks before his death from cancer, a statue was erected in his honor in Cercedilla.[2]
Many of his siblings were also on the national ski team; his sister Blanca won an Olympic bronze medal in 1992 in France.
Public transport
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[edit]Urban lines
[edit]- Line 1: Fuenfría hospital - High School
Interurban lines
[edit]- Line 680: Collado Villalba (hospital) - Cercedilla
- Line 684: Madrid (Moncloa) - Cercedilla (by Guadarrama)
Train
[edit]Cercedilla has a train station which gives service to two Cercanías lines, line C-8 and C-9. Line C-8 connects Cercedilla with Madrid, Alcalá de Henares and Guadalajara, while the C-9 line has a more tourist use than commuter use, since it only has two stops, one in Navacerrada and the other in Cotos, located in the Sierra de Guadarrama. In addition, a regional train line leaves from here (although the service is provided with commuter trains) and connects the village of Cercedilla with Segovia.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ RUGH, PETE (November 6, 2006). "Spanish gold medalist Fernandez Ochoa dies at 56". SkiRacing.com. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
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