Vicálvaro
Vicálvaro is a umwhile veelage in its awn richt o the province o Madrid. Nouadays is a destrict in the sootheast o Madrid, Spain.
Vicálvaro | |
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| Kintra |  Spain |
| Aut. commonty |  Madrid |
| Municipality |  Madrid |
| Govrenment | |
| • Concejal | Carmen Torralba González |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32.71 km2 (12.63 sq mi) |
| Population | 66,439 |
| • Density | 2,032/km2 (5,260/sq mi) |
| Madrid district number | 19 |
| Address of council | Plaza Don Antonio de Andrés |
| Website | Munimadrid Vicálvaro |
History
eeditWhen Spain's Ceevil Gaird (Spaingie: Guardia Civil) wis established in 1844, the first heidquairters o its cavalry wis in Vicálvaro. Franco convertit it intae an artillery barracks for the Brunete Airmored Diveesion, Regiment No. 11. The biggin is nou pairt o the Rey Juan Carlos Varsity.
Vicálvaro wis the steid o Leopoldo O'Donnell's 1854 coup kent as La Vicalvarada,[1] which began Spain's Bienio progresista.
In 2011, a Visigothic necropolis wis uncovered in Vicálvaro.[2]
Geografie
eeditPoseetion
eeditIt is bordered on the wast bi the destrict o Moratalaz (athort the Autopista de Circunvalación M-40), on the north bi San Blas (athort the M-40, the Avenida de Canillejas a Vicálvaro, the Autopista Radial 3 an the Vicálvaro-Coslada Heich-gate), on the sooth bi the Puente de Vallecas an the Villa de Vallecas (athort Autovía A-3) an on the east bi the municipalities o Coslada, San Fernando de Henares an Rivas-Vaciamadrid.
Subdiveesion
eeditThe destrict is admeenistratively dividit intae twa wairds (Barrios):
- Ambroz
- Casco Histórico de Vicálvaro (historic Vicálvaro)
Notes
eedit- ↑ Introducción a la Historia de Vicálvaro, vicusalbus.org. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
- ↑ Fraguas, Rafael (7 Julie 2011). "Hallada en Vicálvaro una necrópolis visigoda con 900 enterramientos" [Visigoth necropolis with 900 tombs found in Vicálvaro]. El País. Retrieved 18 Julie 2011.
References
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Media relatit tae Vicálvaro at Wikimedia Commons