Alcobendas
Municipality in Community of Madrid, Spain
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Key Takeaways
- Alcobendas ( Spanish: [alkoˈβendas] ) is a municipality of Spain located in the Community of Madrid.
- The affluent residential area of La Moraleja lies within the municipal limits, segregated from the main urban nucleus by the A-1 highway.
- It also houses a basketball museum organised by the Pedro Ferrándiz Foundation, where the FIBA Hall of Fame is located.
- History The settlement was first documented in a 1208 border delimitation between the lands of Segovia and Madrid.
- The population boomed after 1960.
Alcobendas (Spanish: [alkoˈβendas] ) is a municipality of Spain located in the Community of Madrid.
It forms an urban continuum with the neighbouring municipality of San Sebastián de los Reyes. The affluent residential area of La Moraleja lies within the municipal limits, segregated from the main urban nucleus by the A-1 highway. The municipality features the Valdelatas nature reserve and a light industrial estate. It also houses a basketball museum organised by the Pedro Ferrándiz Foundation, where the FIBA Hall of Fame is located.
Once a working-class area, Alcobendas has become one of the most economically affluent municipalities in the Madrid metropolitan area.
History
The settlement was first documented in a 1208 border delimitation between the lands of Segovia and Madrid. In 1369, the Castilian Crown gifted the village to the Mendozas, later passing to control of the Arias Dávila family. The population boomed after 1960.
Transport
Alcobendas lies within CRTM's B1 fare zone for passenger transport.
Both Alcobendas and its neighbour city, San Sebastián de los Reyes are connected with Madrid with buses operated by the 'Interbús' bus company. There are currently eight bus lines that go to and from different districts of Alcobendas to Plaza de Castilla (the hub for public transport to northern Madrid). Alcobendas also has eight bus lines that connect the different zones of Alcobendas between themselves.
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