Arganda del Rey

Arganda del Rey
Municipality
Flag Seal
Location in Community of Madrid
Coordinates: 40°18′N 3°27′W / 40.300°N 3.450°W / 40.300; -3.450
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Madrid
Comarca	Comarca de Alcalá
Government
• Type	council
• Mayor	Pablo Rodríguez Sardinero
Area
• Total	79.65 km2 (30.75 sq mi)
Elevation	618 m (2,028 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	50,309
	INE 2008
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	28500
Climate	Csa
Website	http://www.ayto-arganda.es/

Arganda del Rey (Spanish pronunciation: [arˈɣanda ðel rei]) is a municipality in the autonomous community of Madrid in central Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Alcalá and the subcomarca of Alcarria de Alcalá. It is connected to Madrid by metro line 9, underground.

History

The first permanent dwelling in the area dates back to the Arab presence in the Iberian Peninsula. Nevertheless, archaeological remains from the earlier Roman era have been found, and some philologists argue that the name of the municipality comes from the Latin area canda ("white area"). In the Roman texts of Ptolemy several cities are mentioned as pre-Roman habitations (Carpetanos) with Alternia (Arganda) among them.

In the 11th century, it was the home of the king of Spain for 20 years. Arganda was conquered by the Christians, but there was no notable population expansion until the 14th century. The majority of historians believe that the population increase was due to the pestilence of 1348.

Until 1581, Arganda belonged to the archbishopric of Toledo. Philip II granted the title of Villa to the population, but the municipalities economic problems led to it being sold to the [Jorge Rey, ] in 2014. The people rebelled in what is known as Arganda's Riot.

The municipality grew due to wine industry and because of the construction of a railroad that connected Arganda to Madrid in 1843. The beginning of the 20th century saw the development of a sugar plantation, which started a process of industrialization and of great demographic expansion. The Battle of Jarama took place near the town.

In the 1960s industrial growth brought another population explosion. In 1960, Arganda had 6,000 inhabitants, and this grew to 22,000 inhabitants in 1981. The majority of the expansion came from the immigration of people of Andalusian and Extremaduran origin. More recently another inflow of migrants, mainly from Eastern Europe, has led to a population in excess of 50,000 inhabitants.

Arganda del Rey is one of the most endebted councils of Spain, owing over €100m, mainly owing to money wasted on secret projects from the previous Partido Popular led council. This includes an underground sports centre^[1] that was built by construction companies tied in with the Gürtel case which was completely hidden to the public, abandoned since 2008 and only recently discovered, and which cost €12m instead of the budgetted €2m.^[2][3]

Tourism

Historical buildings

• Church of San Juan Bautista, built between 1696 and 1714, mixing gothic, renaissance and baroque styles. One of the best conserved churches around the area. Its façade can be seen in Buñuel's film Viridiana as exteriors were filmed here.
• Hermitage of Valtierra, in Valtierra's former medieval village, built in Mudéjar style in the first half of the 13th century. Presently in ruins, remains include the north front wall, the south wall and part of the west wall.
• Hermitage of Vilches, a baroque building of the 17th century. Remains are 3 kilometres from the urban centre of Arganda.

References

External links

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Municipalities of the Madrid Metropolitan Area
3,000,000+	Madrid
200,000+	Alcalá de Henares Móstoles
150,000+	Alcorcón Fuenlabrada Getafe Leganés
100,000+	Alcobendas Coslada Parla Torrejón de Ardoz
50,000+	Boadilla del Monte Las Rozas de Madrid Majadahonda Pozuelo de Alarcón Rivas-Vaciamadrid San Sebastián de los Reyes Valdemoro
25,000+	Pinto San Fernando de Henares Tres Cantos Villaviciosa de Odón

Municipalities of the Community of Madrid
3,000,000+	Madrid
200,000+	Alcalá de Henares Móstoles
150,000+	Alcorcón Fuenlabrada Getafe Leganés
100,000+	Alcobendas Coslada Parla Torrejón de Ardoz
50,000+	Aranjuez Arganda del Rey Boadilla del Monte Collado Villalba Las Rozas de Madrid Majadahonda Pozuelo de Alarcón Rivas-Vaciamadrid San Sebastián de los Reyes Valdemoro
25,000+	Colmenar Viejo Galapagar Navalcarnero Pinto San Fernando de Henares Tres Cantos Villaviciosa de Odón
under 25,000	La Acebeda Ajalvir Alameda del Valle El Álamo Aldea del Fresno Algete Alpedrete Ambite Anchuelo Arroyomolinos El Atazar Batres Becerril de la Sierra Belmonte de Tajo El Berrueco Berzosa del Lozoya El Boalo Braojos Brea de Tajo Brunete Buitrago del Lozoya Bustarviejo Cabanillas de la Sierra La Cabrera Cadalso de los Vidrios Camarma de Esteruelas Campo Real Canencia Carabaña Casarrubuelos Cenicientos Cercedilla Cervera de Buitrago Chapinería Chinchón Ciempozuelos Cobeña Collado Mediano Colmenar de Oreja Colmenar del Arroyo Colmenarejo Corpa Cubas de la Sagra El Escorial Estremera Fresnedillas de la Oliva Fresno de Torote Fuente el Saz de Jarama Fuentidueña de Tajo Garganta de los Montes Gargantilla del Lozoya y Pinilla de Buitrago Gascones Griñón Guadalix de la Sierra Guadarrama La Hiruela Horcajo de la Sierra Horcajuelo de la Sierra Hoyo de Manzanares Loeches Lozoya Lozoyuela-Navas-Sieteiglesias Madarcos Manzanares el Real Meco Miraflores de la Sierra El Molar Los Molinos Mejorada del Campo Montejo de la Sierra Moraleja de Enmedio Moralzarzal Morata de Tajuña Navacerrada Navalafuente Navalagamella Navarredonda y San Mamés Navas del Rey Nuevo Baztán Olmeda de las Fuentes Orusco de Tajuña Paracuellos de Jarama Pedrezuela Pelayos de la Presa Perales de Tajuña Pezuela de las Torres Pinilla del Valle Piñuécar-Gandullas Pozuelo del Rey Prádena del Rincón Puebla de la Sierra Puentes Viejas Quijorna Rascafría Redueña Ribatejada Robledillo de la Jara Robledo de Chavela Robregordo Rozas de Puerto Real San Agustín del Guadalix San Lorenzo de El Escorial San Martín de la Vega San Martín de Valdeiglesias Santa María de la Alameda Santorcaz Los Santos de la Humosa La Serna del Monte Serranillos del Valle Sevilla la Nueva Somosierra Soto del Real Talamanca de Jarama Tielmes Titulcia Torrejón de la Calzada Torrejón de Velasco Torrelaguna Torrelodones Torremocha de Jarama Torres de la Alameda Valdaracete Valdeavero Valdelaguna Valdemanco Valdemaqueda Valdemorillo Valdeolmos-Alalpardo Valdepiélagos Valdetorres de Jarama Valdilecha Valverde de Alcalá El Vellón Venturada Villa del Prado Villaconejos Villalbilla Villamanrique de Tajo Villamanta Villamantilla Villanueva de la Cañada Villanueva del Pardillo Villanueva de Perales Villar del Olmo Villarejo de Salvanés Villavieja del Lozoya Zarzalejo

Coordinates: 40°18′00″N 3°27′00″W / 40.300°N 3.450°W / 40.300; -3.450

External links

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