Móstoles
Móstoles | |
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Kirk o the Assumption, Móstoles' auldest biggin | |
Coordinates: 40°20′0″N 3°52′0″W / 40.33333°N 3.86667°W | |
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Region | ![]() |
Comarca | Madrid metropolitan aurie |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Daniel Ortiz (PP) |
Area | |
• Total | 45.36 km2 (17.51 sq mi) |
Elevation | 620 m (2,030 ft) |
Population (2009) | |
• Total | 206,478 |
• Density | 4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Mostoleños, Mostolenses, Mostoleros |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 28930 - 28939 |
Website | www.mostoles.es |
Móstoles is the seicont-lairgest ceety in population belangin tae the autonomous Commonty o Madrid. It is locatit 18 kilometres soothwast from central Madrid. Móstoles wis for a lang time anerly a smaw veelage, but expandit rapidly in the twintiet century.
Tae some extent it is a dormitory suburb o Madrid, but it is hame tae several polígonos (industrial estates) an aw. The ceety hosts the main campus o the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.
Poleetically, the ceety muivit frae the left tae the richt wi the election in 2003 o Esteban Parro del Prado (Partido Popular) as mayor.
History[eedit | eedit soorce]
Móstoles became famous on 2 Mey 1808, when, awtho it wis anerly a smaw veelage, ane o its twa mayors, Andrés Torrejón, declared war on Fraunce, follaein the Dos de Mayo Uprising the same day in Madrid which stairtit the Peninsular War. A resident of Móstoles, Manuela Malasaña, became a popular heroine o the uprisin that day; a subwey station an seicontar schuil in Móstoles an a neebourheid in Madrid are namit efter her.
Main sichts[eedit | eedit soorce]
Some o the maist important monuments in Móstoles are; the Mudéjar-styled kirk o La Asunción, whose touer provides a hame for storks; the Baroque hermitage o La Virgen de los Santos (17t century) an the Monument tae the Mayor (1908), locatit in Pradillo Square.
Transportation[eedit | eedit soorce]
Móstoles is connectit tae ither suburbs an tae central Madrid bi the Metrosur line (line 12, Madrid Metro), a commuter train line (line C-5 Cercanías Madrid), local an regional bus lines an several major freeweys (A-5 (Madrid-Badajoz-Lisbon), M-50) an toll heich-gates (R-5).
Notable fowk[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Iker Casillas, Fitbaa player o Real Madrid.
- Ruben de la Red, Fitbaa player.
- Rafael Martínez, gymnast.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
Media relatit tae Móstoles at Wikimedia Commons
- Toun Haw
- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Varsity Rey Juan Carlos.
- Penya Barcelonista de Móstoles[deid airtin]