Coslada
Encyclopedia
Coslada is a city in the autonomous community of Madrid
. , the mayor
of Coslada is Raul Lopez Vaquero (PP).
The Dry Port of the Community of Madrid is located in Coslada, which turns the city into a strategic point. The majority of the companies which transport important commodities that operate in Spain have branch offices in Coslada. Another economic asset is its proximity to the International Airport of Barajas, where a great percentage of its population is employed.
Madrid (autonomous community)
The Community of Madrid is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It is located at the center of the country, the Iberian Peninsula, and the Castilian Central Plateau . The community is also conterminous with the province of Madrid and contains the capital of Spain, which is also...
. , the mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of Coslada is Raul Lopez Vaquero (PP).
The Dry Port of the Community of Madrid is located in Coslada, which turns the city into a strategic point. The majority of the companies which transport important commodities that operate in Spain have branch offices in Coslada. Another economic asset is its proximity to the International Airport of Barajas, where a great percentage of its population is employed.
Area and Population
- Area: 12 km²
- There are 102,890 inhabitants.
- Migration: there are 17,000 foreign-born inhabitants, who represent 12% of the total population. Most are Romanians, though there are also small numbers of Chinese, Latin Americans, Guineans, Vietnamese and Indians.
- Population density: 6,907.8/km²
- Inhabitants of Coslada are called Cosladeños.
Location and Transportation
- Coslada is located at 40,25° North, 3,32° West.
- 12 kilometres southwest from downtown Madrid, Coslada is part of the metropolitan area.
- The city is surrounded by other municipalities such as MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
and San Fernando de Henares. - Coslada is covered and connected to the Madrid metropolitan area by the line (L7) of the Madrid MetroMadrid MetroThe Madrid Metro is a metro system serving the city of Madrid, capital of Spain. The system is the sixth longest metro in the world though Madrid is approximately the fiftieth most populous metropolitan area in the world...
in may of 2007, local and regional bus lines, a commuter trains line (C-1,C-2 and C-7) and several major freeways (A-2 (Madrid-Barcelona), M-40,M-45,M-50) and toll highways (R-3).
External links
- Ayuntamiento de Coslada, Town Hall of Coslada.
- Coslada en Google Maps