Villaverde

Villaverde
Destrict o Madrid
Kintra	Spain
Auton. commonty	Madrid
Municipality	Madrid
Area
• Total	20.29 km2 (7.83 sq mi)
Population	126,802
• Density	6249/km2 (16,180/sq mi)
Madrid destrict nummer	17

Villaverde is ane o the 21 destricts o the ceety o Madrid, Spain.

History

The municipality wis absorbit bi Madrid in the 1950s as a result o the plans that the Franco govrenment made tae simplifee the structur o big ceety admeenistrations. Syne then, is a destrict. It wis in thir years whan it experimentit a massive growthe caused bi the landwart flicht in Spain. This is the raison that made Villaverde a teepical wirkin cless neebourheid.

This condeetion leaves a hivy fuitprint in the destrict, acause it haes conditioned the current population composeetion, wi mony retired fowk (some o thaim returnin tae their touns in Andalusie, Castile an León, ...) an immigrants ticed bi the cheap hoose prices.

Geografie

The destrict is admeenistratively dividit intae five wairds (barrios):

• Butarque
• Los Ángeles
• Los Rosales
• San Cristóbal de los Ángeles
• Villaverde Alto (or San Andrés)

Freemit airtins

Media relatit tae Villaverde at Wikimedia Commons