Paracuellos de Jarama
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Paracuellos del Jarama | |
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Coordinates: 40°30′17″N 3°31′48″W / 40.50472°N 3.53000°W | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Community of Madrid |
Comarca | Madrid metropolitan area |
Government | |
• Mayor | Mesa |
Area | |
• Total | 16.96 sq mi (43.92 km2) |
Elevation | 2,152 ft (656 m) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 24,521 |
• Density | 1,400/sq mi (560/km2) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | Official website |
Paracuellos del Jarama is a small town and municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. It is located northeast from Madrid and very close to Madrid-Barajas Airport. The etymology of the name is unclear.[2]
In 1936, it (along with Torrejón de Ardoz) was the site of the Paracuellos massacres.
40°33′00″N 3°31′00″W / 40.55°N 3.51667°W
Transport
[edit]Urban lines
[edit]- Line 1: Altos de Jarama urbanization - Miramadrid
- Line 2: Picón del cura - Los Berrocales urbanization
- Line 3: Industrial estate - C.C. San Fernando
Interurban lines
[edit]- 210: San Sebastián de los Reyes (Infanta Sofía Hospital) - Paracuellos del Jarama
- 211: Madrid (Canillejas) - Paracuellos del Jarama
- 212: Madrid (Canillejas) - Paracuellos del Jarama (Miramadrid)
- 213: Madrid (Canillejas) - Belvis
- 215: Torrejón de Ardoz - Paracuellos del Jarama
- 256: Madrid (Canillejas) - Daganzo de Arriba - Valdeavero
- 263: Madrid (Barajas) - Cobeña - Algete
References
[edit]- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Javier Nájera Martínez, Luis Yuste Ricote: Nombre: Paracuellos, Apellido: de Jarama (Spanish), 3 October 2016, retrieved 10 January 2020.