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Perales de Tajuña

Coordinates: 40°14′N 3°21′W / 40.233°N 3.350°W / 40.233; -3.350
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Perales de Tajuña
Flag of Perales de Tajuña
Coat of arms of Perales de Tajuña
Perales de Tajuña is located in Spain
Perales de Tajuña
Perales de Tajuña
Perales de Tajuña is located in Community of Madrid
Perales de Tajuña
Perales de Tajuña
Coordinates: 40°14′N 3°21′W / 40.233°N 3.350°W / 40.233; -3.350
CountrySpain
RegionCommunity of Madrid
Government
 • MayorYolanda Cuenca Redondo (Since 2012) (PP)
Area
 • Total
48.92 km2 (18.89 sq mi)
Elevation
595 m (1,952 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total
2,831
 • Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Peraleño,-a
Province code28
Websitewww.ayto-peralestajuna.org

Perales de Tajuña is a town and municipality of Spain located in the Community of Madrid. It is about 40 km to the southeast of Madrid in the area known as the Comarca de Las Vegas. The municipality covers 48.92 km,2 and it has a population of 2,738 inhabitants and a population density of 55.97 inhabitants/km2. To the north it borders with Arganda del Rey and Campo Real, to the east with Tielmes, to the south with Villarejo de Salvanés, and to the west with Morata de Tajuña and Valdelaguna.

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
1991 1,961—    
1996 1,991+1.5%
2001 2,089+4.9%
2004 2,358+12.9%
2008 2,738+16.1%

Education

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In Perales de Tajuña there is one public nursery school and one infant and primary school, also public.

Architecture

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Religious

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  • Parish church of Our Lady of the Castle
  • Hermitage of San Isidro

Historical

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  • Town Hall
  • Remains of watchtown and walls
  • Ruins of Hermitage of San Sebastián
  • Ruins of old hermitage of San Isidro
  • Telegraph Tower-Fortress

Nature

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  • Risco de las Cuevas (Cliff caves)
  • Prado de Arriba (Top field)

Fountains

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  • Mariblanca fountain
  • Round fountain
  • Barracks fountain
  • Lagasca fountain
  • Butrera fountain

Festivities

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  • San Blas, third of February
  • Our Lady of the Castle, first Sunday of May
  • San Isidro, fifteenth of May
  • Town festival, month of August

Communications

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Perales de Tajuña is well connected by road to Madrid and all the surrounding towns.

References

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  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
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