Alcorcón

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Alcorcón () is a city and municipality of Spain located in the Community of Madrid. As of 2022, it had a population of 170,296.

Geography

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/(Alcorcón)Madrid_ESA354454(cropped).jpg" caption="The city as seen by the [[European Space Agency]]'s [[Sentinel-2]]."] ::

The municipality, largely flat, with the highest point being El Ventorro del Cano (741 m), located in the north of the municipality.

History

The site appears to have been inhabited since prehistoric times. The name is of Arabic origin, but little is known of Alcorcón before the Reconquista. The first recorded written reference to Alcorcón is in a court document (**) dated on 28 July 1208, in the context of the territorial strife over between the city councils of Madrid and Segovia that took place in the Middle Ages.{{Cite book|page=7|chapter-url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/6202309.pdf |title=V Congreso virtual sobre historia de las vías de comunicación: 15 al 30 de septiembre de 2017 |editor=Enrique Escobedo Molinos |editor2=Juan Antonio López Cordero |editor3=Manuel Cabrera Espinosa |year=2017|chapter=Caminos reales, cañadas, veredas y coladas a su paso por Alcorcón|first=María Isabel|last=Rodríguez Iglesias}} The parish church, Santa María la Blanca dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries. Alcorcón preserved an urban structure characteristic of a small rural settlement until the 1960s. The centre is surrounded by modern developments, as Alcorcón has grown rapidly since that decade.

As announced in February 2013, Alcorcón was the tentative building site for the Eurovegas casino resort project,{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50743178/ns/local_news-las_vegas_nv|title=Spain's Alcorcon town chosen for EuroVegas resort|date=8 February 2013}} but the proposed development was canceled in December 2013.

Economy

Agriculture and animal husbandry are hardly performed, and only a 0.04% of the GDP of the municipality is collected from these activities. Mining, industry and power economy activities produce the 11.09% of the money collected of this economy measure. 8.17% of the registers to an organism of the Welfare System named Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (in which people must be registered when being hired), were linked to the organism by jobs of this sector. Construction activities make 7.28% of the GDP, and 10.65% of the registers in Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social are due to posts in the sector. 10.57% of the inhabitants work in the trade and hotel industry sectors, and 12.37% have transportation and stock posts.

Transport

Alcorcón is linked to Madrid by Metro Line 10, Line 12, and Line 3 (Metro Ligero), Cercanías line C-5 and several buses (511, 512, 513, 514, 516, 518, 536, 541, 545, 546, 547, 548, 551, N501, N502, N504).

Main sights

Some sights that have special historical, artistic or cultural values are listed below:

  • San José de Valderas Castles: They have a Gothic Revival architectural style.
  • Santa María la Blanca Parish Church
  • Glass art museum

Sport

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The city is home to the football team Agrupación Deportiva de Alcorcón that plays in the Segunda División. And also Trival Valderas that plays in the Tercera División. Alcorcón also has an American football team called Alcorcón Smilodons, whose colors are yellow and navy blue.

Health

Alcorcón has two hospitals, the Fundación Hospital de Alcorcón (which is state owned, but run privately), and the Hospital Sur Madrid (a totally private hospital). The Alcorcón campus of the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) teaches health-related courses.

City partnerships

People

References

References

  2. "Madrid: Población por municipios y sexo. (2881)".
  3. (1991). "Alcorcón (Madrid)". [[AEMET]].
  4. "Arquitectura y Desarrollo Urbano Comunidad de Madrid (zona centro)". Dirección General de Arquitectura Consejería de Política Territorial de la Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid & Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid.
  5. Tobias Buck (Madrid). (13 December 2013). "Sheldon Adelson cancels $30bn Eurovegas project in Spain". [[Financial Times]] (London).
  6. "Datos ficha municipal 0072 2".
  7. "Datos ficha municipal 0072 5".
  8. "Datos ficha municipal".
  9. "Alcorcón".
  10. "@trivalvalderas de #Alcorcon, campeón de Tercera División nacional de fútbol".
  11. "El equipo de fútbol americano de #Alcorcón, los Smilodons, arranca la pretemporada este sábado".
  12. (3 March 2009). "Alcorcón. Régimen Económico". Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid.

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