Alcobendas
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Alcobendas (Spaingie pronunciation: [alkoˈβendas]) is a ceety locatit in the Commonty o Madrid, central Spain. It is locatit roughly 13 kilometre (8 mi) north o Madrid an 7 kilometre (4 mi) frae Madrid-Barajas Airport. It includes a central urban zone, a recently biggit destrict kent as Valdelasfuentes, La Moraleja an El Soto de la Moraleja residential zones, the Valdelatas nature reserve an a licht industrial estate. A huge business pairk cried Valdelacasa for heich-tech firms is bein biggit. It is the location o a basketbaw museum organisit bi the Pedro Ferrándiz Foundation whaur the FIBA Hall of Fame is locatit.
Alcobendas | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 40°32′N 3°38′W | |
Kintra | Spain |
Autonomous commonty | Commonty o Madrid |
Comarca | Madrid metropolitan aurie |
Foondit | Aroond 1208 |
Govrenment | |
• Alcalde | Ignacio García de Vinuesa (2007) (PP) |
Area | |
• Total | 44.98 km2 (17.37 sq mi) |
Elevation | 700 m (2,300 ft) |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 107,514 |
• Density | 2,400/km2 (6,200/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Alcobendense or alcobendano |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 28100, 28108, 28109 |
Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Ance a wirkin cless aurie, it haes in mair recent times become ane o the mair socially an economically affluent auries o the Madrid metropolitan aurie an conteens the neighbourheid o La Moraleja an aw.