Leganés




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City in Community of Madrid, Spain



























































Leganés
City



Flag of Leganés
Flag


Official seal of Leganés
Seal



Location in Madrid, Spain
Location in Madrid, Spain



Leganés is located in Spain

Leganés

Leganés



Location of Leganés within Spain

Coordinates: 40°19′41″N 3°45′52″W / 40.32806°N 3.76444°W / 40.32806; -3.76444Coordinates: 40°19′41″N 3°45′52″W / 40.32806°N 3.76444°W / 40.32806; -3.76444
Country
Spain Spain
Region
Community of Madrid Community of Madrid
Comarca Madrid metropolitan area
Founded 1280
Government

 • Mayor
Santiago Llorente (PSOE)
Area

 • City
43 km2 (16.6 sq mi)
Elevation

 666.22 m (2,185.76 ft)
Population
(2009)

 • Density 4,327.7/km2 (11,208.8/sq mi)
 • Urban

 186.907
 • Demonym

 Leganense, pepinero
Time zone
UTC+1 (EST)
Website Leganes.org

Leganés (Spanish pronunciation: [le.ɣa.ˈnes]) is a city in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - mainly a satellite-city with a population of 186,066 (1 January 2009) it is located about 11 km southwest of the city centre.


Leganés houses a branch of the Universidad Carlos III, founded in 1989, namely the Escuela Politecnica Superior (EPS) which offers Telecommunications Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Computer Engineering, among many other degrees. Universidad Carlos III is recognized as first-class in research and teaching among other universities in Spain. The other campuses of University Carlos III are situated in Getafe and Colmenarejo, however the one located in Leganés is the only one that has a sports centre. Leganés' student accommodation building is called Fernando Abril Martorell and has a capacity of 300 students.


It is connected to Madrid via the Cercanías (train, line C5), and Metrosur, one of the lines of Metro. Leganés has 6 Metrosur stations.


Parquesur, in Leganés, built in the early 90's is currently one of the biggest shopping centres in Europe. It was completely refurbished and extended in 2005.


Leganés has a street named AC/DC in honor of the famous Australian rock band. The band visited Leganés in order to inaugurate the street. The street sign was frequently stolen until the council decided to paint it on the wall instead of replacing the sign over and over again. Nowadays, the sign can be bought at many local shops as a souvenir. There is also a street in Leganés named after the rock band Scorpions.


On 3 April 2004 Leganés achieved a measure of unwanted notoriety when five of the suspects in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks blew themselves up in an apartment building as police moved in to arrest them. All five were killed, along with one GEO police officer.




Contents






  • 1 Sports and leisure


  • 2 Public health care


  • 3 Climate


  • 4 Twin towns and sister cities


  • 5 Notable residents


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Sports and leisure


The city has a wide range of shops and family centres, especially surrounding the area of Parquesur. All of the neighborhoods have at least two big parks for recreation. The city is well known for the quality of its restaurants, most of them located in the downtown area or near parks like La Chopera.


The "Pista de Hielo" is a normal-size ice skating rink that trains people from all around Madrid in figure skating and ice hockey. It is also the venue for the Leganés ice hockey team.
Along with the "Pista de Hielo", there are ten sports centres in the city (Polideportivo Europa, Los Frailes, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Olimpia, Butarque, La Cantera). These centres have many facilities including basketball fields, football fields, athletics fields, gymnasiums, saunas, swimming pools and many others.


The city team is the Club Deportivo Leganés, currently playing in La Liga. Football is the most played sport in Leganés; Leganés being the second city after Madrid in terms of federated clubs in the Autonomous Community of Madrid.


Leganés also has an Official Languages School, in which the residents of the city can study English, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, or even Spanish (adapted for immigrants). The taxes of the school are paid by the Government of Madrid so that the residents only pay a single fee of 80 € a year for any of the languages. There are special discounts to students that study more than one language at the same time and for families that have more than one person studying at it as well.


Some of the neighborhoods also have a cultural centre (San Nicasio, Centro, Zarzaquemada, El Carrascal).



Public health care


The main hospital of Leganés is the Severo Ochoa Hospital, and there are many health care centres in each neighborhood. The city stands out for its research in mental illnesses. There is also one public orphanage, one retirement home and one centre dedicated to the disabled.



Climate






















































































































Climate data for Leganés, Spain
Month
 Jan
 Feb
 Mar
 Apr
 May
 Jun
 Jul
 Aug
 Sep
 Oct
 Nov
 Dec
 Year
Average high °F
 50.9
 54.0
 59.9
 63.0
 70.9
 81.9
 90.0
 90.0
 81.9
 68.0
 57.9
 52.0
 68.4
Average low °F
 32.0
 34.9
 37.9
 41.9
 47.8
 55.9
 61.0
 61.0
 54.9
 46.9
 38.8
 34.9
 45.7
Average precipitation inches
 1.80
 1.70
 1.50
 1.80
 1.60
 1.00
 0.40
 0.40
 1.20
 1.80
 2.50
 1.90
 17.60
Average high °C
 10.5
 12.2
 15.5
 17.2
 21.6
 27.7
 32.2
 32.2
 27.7
 20.0
 14.4
 11.1
 20.2
Average low °C
 0.0
 1.6
 3.3
 5.5
 8.8
 13.3
 16.1
 16.1
 12.7
 8.3
 3.8
 1.6
 7.6
Average precipitation mm
 45.7
 43.2
 38.1
 45.7
 40.6
 25.4
 10.2
 10.2
 30.5
 45.7
 63.5
 48.3
 447.0
Source: http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/wxclimatology/monthly/SPXX0048 [1]



Twin towns and sister cities


See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Spain

Leganés is twinned with the following cities. In some cases, the cooperation with the cities predates by several years the formal twinning agreements.[2]





  • Greece Egaleo (Greece), 1980.[2]


  • Cuba Arroyo Naranjo (Cuba), 1995.[2]


  • Nicaragua Somoto (Nicaragua), 1998.[2]


  • Chile Conchalí (Chile).[2]


  • Bolivia Papel Pampa (Bolivia).[2]


  • Algeria Saharaui refugee camp of La Güera (Algeria), 2001.[2]


  • State of Palestine Bethlehem (Palestinian Authority), 2006.[2]


  • Ecuador Macará (Ecuador), 2008.[2]


  • China Huzhou (China), 2009.[3]


  • Morocco Targuist (Morocco), 2009.[4]




Notable residents



  • John of Austria

  • Dani Carvajal

  • Huecco

  • Javier Illana

  • José María Movilla

  • José Luis Pérez Caminero

  • Oscar Jiménez Cruz

  • Joel Robles

  • Carlos Sastre



References





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  2. ^ abcdefghi Cooperación para el desarrollo. Ciudades hermanadas con Leganés (PDF). Ayuntamiento de Leganés.


  3. ^ "Leganés y Huzhou (China) sellan su acuerdo de hermanamiento". Cadena Ser. 22 October 2009.


  4. ^ "Campo Internacional de Trabajo – Targuist 2017". Portal Europeo de la Juventud.




External links



  • Leganés City Hall

  • University Carlos III of Madrid

  • Leganés at Google Maps











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