Humanes de Madrid

Coordinates: 40°15′14″N 3°49′40″W / 40.25389°N 3.82778°W / 40.25389; -3.82778
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Humanes de Madrid
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Humanes de Madrid is located in Spain
Humanes de Madrid
Humanes de Madrid
Humanes de Madrid is located in Community of Madrid
Humanes de Madrid
Humanes de Madrid
Coordinates: 40°15′14″N 3°49′40″W / 40.25389°N 3.82778°W / 40.25389; -3.82778
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCommunity of Madrid
Government
 • AlcaldeJosé Antonio Sánchez Rodríguez (PP)
Area
 • Total19.46 km2 (7.51 sq mi)
Elevation
677 m (2,221 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total19,587
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
DemonymHumanenses
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
28970
Dialing code(+34) 91
WebsiteOfficial website

Humanes de Madrid is a town and municipality of Spain, part of the Community of Madrid.[2] As of 2019, it has a population of 19,743 inhabitants.[2]

Geography[edit]

Humanes as seen by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2.

The municipality, with a total area of 1946 km2,[2] features a largely flat relief, with the altitude ranging from the roughly 700 metres above sea level of the Cerro del Lomo to the roughly 644 metres of the Arroyo de las Arroyadas close to its confluence with the Arroyo de Valdenovillo del Prado,[3] at the southeastern end of the municipality.

History[edit]

Humanes is first mentioned in a 1141 document, when Alfonso VII donated the town to its first Lord.[4] Humanes belonged to the Land of Toledo for the entire early modern period.[5]

References[edit]

Citations
  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ a b c "Datos del registro de entidades locales". Ministerio de Hacienda y Administraciones Públicas. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  3. ^ Lorenzo Nieto 2004, p. 21.
  4. ^ Lorenzo Nieto 2004, p. 22.
  5. ^ Lorenzo Nieto 2004, p. 24.
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