Fuencarral-El Pardo

Fuencarral-El Pardo is one of the 21 districts that form the city of Madrid, Spain.

Fuencarral-El Pardo
District of Madrid
M-30 ring highway over the district
Country Spain
Aut. community Madrid
Municipality Madrid
Area
 • Total237.81 km2 (91.82 sq mi)
Population
220,085
 • Density925.5/km2 (2,397/sq mi)
Madrid district number8

Overview

Fuencarral-El Pardo is the district number 8 and consists of the following neighborhoods: El Pardo (81), Fuentelarreina (82), Peñagrande (83), Pilar (84), La Paz (85), Valverde (86), Mirasierra (87) and El Goloso (88).

Despite its being a part of a capital city, El Pardo with its woods and river is an ecologically important landscape. It enjoyed protection from development as a hunting estate associated with the Royal Palace of El Pardo. In the 1980s the European Union designated the Monte de El Pardo as a Special Protection Area for bird-life.[1]

Geography

Subdivision

The district is administratively divided into 8 wards (Barrios):

Education
Deutsche Schule Madrid

The new campus of the Deutsche Schule Madrid, in Montecarmelo (ES) in the district, opened in the fall of 2015.[2]

See also

References
  1. "El Monte de El Pardo".
  2. "El nuevo Colegio Alemán de Madrid, la mayor obra civil alemana del extranjero" (Archive). La Vanguardia. 9 October 2015. Retrieved on 2 April 2016.

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