Fuenlabrada

Fuenlabrada is a ceety an municipality locatit in the Madrid metropolitan aurie in the autonomous commonty o Madrid in central Spain. It is locatit tae the soothwast o the commonty, 22,5 km frae the caipital, Madrid, an haed a population o 197,836 in 2009. Is the fowert biggest ceety o Madrid efter the caipital, Móstoles an Alcalá de Henares.

Fuenlabrada
Municipality
Fuenlabrada
Banner Coat airms
Fuenlabrada Location in Spain
Coordinates: 40°17′00″N 3°48′00″W
Kintra	Spain
Region	Commonty o Madrid
Comarca	Madrid metropolitan aurie
Govrenment
• Alcalde	Manuel Robles Delgado (PSOE)
Area
• Total	39.41 km2 (15.22 sq mi)
Elevation	664 m (2,178 ft)
Population  (2009)
• Total	197,836
• Density	5,000/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	28940-28947
Offeecial leid(s)	Spainyie
Website	www.ayto-fuenlabrada.es

History

The name o Fuenlabrada comes probably frae the name o Fuente Labrada (something like "cut foontain" or "dug foontain") acause o a foontain which wis biggit in a current destrict o the ceety cried Loranca, which was the central point frae which Fuenlabrada began tae expand aroond the 12t hunderyear. The expansion wis producit an aw acause o the migrations o several young fowk in the 1980s. The municipality haed 18.442 inhabitants in 1975.

Transport

Fuenlabrada haes guid connections wi Madrid, Móstoles, Getafe, Alcorcón an Leganés wi the line 12 o the Madrid Metro (cried metrosur in the sooth aurie) and the ceety haes 5 lairge tube stations:

• Loranca
• Hospital de Fuenlabrada
• Parque Europa
• Fuenlabrada Central
• Parque de los Estados

As for the railway seestem, Fuenlabrada is connectit wi Madrid thanks tae the line C-5 the Cercanías Madrid an haes 2 stations:

• Fuenlabrada
• La Serna-Fuenlabrada

Fuenlabrada Central Railway (an Metro) Station.

Notable fowk

• Fernando Torres, fitbaa striker
• Roberto, fitbaa goalkeeper

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial wabsteid o Fuenlabrada Archived 2010-06-18 at the Wayback Machine