Galapagar is a town and municipality northwest of Madrid , Spain, situated in the autonomous community of the Community of Madrid . Of all the towns in the area, it was experiencing the most growth, mostly because of immigration and the conversion of old livestock fields into terrain for construction .
5-482: Bordering with Collado Villalba , Colmenarejo , Torrelodones , Las Rozas de Madrid , El Escorial , San Lorenzo de El Escorial , Villanueva del Pardillo , Hoyo de Manzanares , Moralzarzal and Guadarrama . The name Galapagar comes from the Spanish galápago , meaning turtle , as the town centre was settled near a lake full of turtles. The town first appears as a village in the eleventh century, its importance due to
10-447: A hot summer Mediterranean climate ( Köppen Csa ). Collado Villalba has its own train station, which gives service to lines C-3a ( Aranjuez - El Escorial - Santa María de la Alameda ), C-8 ( Guadalajara - Cercedilla ) and C-10 ( Aeropuerto T-4 - Villalba) of Cercanías Madrid . It also gives service to long distance trains going to Salamanca , Ávila or Valladolid . Collado Villalba has many bus lines, most of them connecting
15-500: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Collado Villalba Collado Villalba ( Spanish pronunciation: [koˈʎaðo βiˈʎalβa] ) is a municipality of the Community of Madrid , in central Spain . It is located 40.3 kilometres north-west of the city of Madrid , at an altitude of 917 meters above sea level. It has a population of 64,263 (2022), with a population density of about 2,400 per km . Collado Villalba has
20-577: The foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century and 1922 laurate of the Nobel Prize in Literature , is buried here. The British writer Malcolm Brocklehurst lived in the village between 1982 and 1983. Bullfighting , stock-breeding , meadows and beef are the main features of Galapagar. The bullfighter José Tomás was born in this place. This article about a location in the Community of Madrid, Spain
25-603: The frequent hunting expeditions by the Spanish royalty, and being a main stop on the road from the capital to the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial . Sights in the town include the church of The Asunción (Assumption). Galapagar is served by lines C-3, C-8 and C-10 of the Cercanías Madrid commuter rail service at its Galapagar-La Navata train station; and by 9 lines of Interurban Bus Service linking it to Moncloa district of Madrid. Jacinto Benavente , one of
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