Misplaced Pages

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish. (July 2009) Click for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Spanish article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Misplaced Pages. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Spanish Misplaced Pages article at ]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|es|Pezuela de las Torres}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Misplaced Pages:Translation.

Pezuela de las Torres Pezuela de las TorresPuksula
Municipality
Coat of arms
Municipal location within the Community of Madrid.
Coordinates: 40°25′10″N 3°10′43″W / 40.41944°N 3.17861°W / 40.41944; -3.17861
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Community of Madrid
Provinces	Province of Madrid
Region	Alcarria
Government
• Mayor	José Pío Carmena Servert (AIP - Agrupación Independiente de Pezuela)
Area
• Land	1,600 sq mi (4,144 km)
Elevation	3,000 ft (900 m)
Population
• Total	821
• Density	5,100/sq mi (1,969/km)
Demonym	Galop(s) Galopo/a
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	pezueladelastorres.es

Pezuela de las Torres is a municipality located in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Closely related to Guadalajara, this Alcarrian village maintains a unique spirit of country labour and tradition.

Tourism

Pezuela de las Torres main attraction is its natural landscape. The closeness to the Tajuña river makes this municipality unique regarding natural ecosystems. Several picnic areas are built all along the village. Another important sight is the Jesus' Birth Theatre. This performance is played out on the streets of the town, taking advantage of the oldest buildings' façades and the beauty of its historic centre. Besides this, Pezuela de las Torres has other important attractions: its natural fountains, country pathways, etc.

Public Transport

Pezuela is covered by the Regional Consortium of Transportation for Madrid, enabling the communication by bus with Alcalá de Henares, the largest city in Eastern Madrid as well as the transport hub for this area. Altogether, Pezuela possesses two different bus lines operated by Castromil S.A.U.:

271 Line: Alcalá de Henares-Pezuela-Pioz 272 Line: Alcalá de Henares-Villalbilla*

Notwithstanding, the local youngsters complain about the lack of buses in some time zones, likewise the lack of sense in the distribution of the schedule.

Government

This town has a special political situation. Pezuela de las Torres has the next composition in its council:

- AIP (Agrupación Independiente de Pezuela) 2 councilor

- PP (Partido Popular-People's Party) 2councilors.

- IU (Izquierda Unida- United Left) 3 councilors.

Festivities

Relevant festivals in Pezuela de las Torres are:

- Saint Anna's Day: with a traditional gathering in the homonym park and a mass takes place as well as a traditional market.

- Town's Festival: it is the greatest festival in the town and is the most popular festivity. Every 14 September during days the village fills up with people from different places and surrounding towns.

- Saint Benito's Day: people go to the parish, at the town's border, and once there, people hear mass, enjoy chocolate and buy in a traditional market.

- Saint Isidro's Day: The farmer's patron. On his day, country workers pray the Saint for good crops and a generous harvest in a procession through the village.

- Virgin Pilar's Day: also known as Spanish National Day (12 October) consists of a 3-day festival enlivened with on live performances, processions, and masses.

The town doubles its population size thanks to the visitors who come to town to visit their friends and relatives. The proximity to Madrid makes that most of those people come from the capital and the near city of Alcalá de Henares.

Demography

There have been many unusual changes in the census. Pezuela's population had its maximum peak during the 1950–70 period, yet the advent of the new century carried a severe decline in the number of dwellers with it. Nowadays, the village keeps a regular population of over 800 inhabitants. Nonetheless, as previously described, in some festivities the town's population surges as a result of the arrival of people from Madrid and Alcalá de Henares.

References

1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

v t e Municipalities of the Community of Madrid
3,000,000+	Madrid
200,000+	Móstoles
150,000+	Alcalá de Henares Alcorcón Fuenlabrada Getafe Leganés
100,000+	Alcobendas Coslada Parla Torrejón de Ardoz
50,000+	Aranjuez Arganda del Rey Boadilla del Monte Collado Villalba Las Rozas de Madrid Majadahonda Pinto Pozuelo de Alarcón Rivas-Vaciamadrid San Sebastián de los Reyes Valdemoro
25,000+	Colmenar Viejo Galapagar Navalcarnero San Fernando de Henares Tres Cantos Villaviciosa de Odón
under 25,000	La Acebeda Ajalvir Alameda del Valle El Álamo Aldea del Fresno Algete Alpedrete Ambite Anchuelo Arroyomolinos El Atazar Batres Becerril de la Sierra Belmonte de Tajo El Berrueco Berzosa del Lozoya El Boalo Braojos Brea de Tajo Brunete Buitrago del Lozoya Bustarviejo Cabanillas de la Sierra La Cabrera Cadalso de los Vidrios Camarma de Esteruelas Campo Real Canencia Carabaña Casarrubuelos Cenicientos Cercedilla Cervera de Buitrago Chapinería Chinchón Ciempozuelos Cobeña Collado Mediano Colmenar de Oreja Colmenar del Arroyo Colmenarejo Corpa Cubas de la Sagra El Escorial Estremera Fresnedillas de la Oliva Fresno de Torote Fuente el Saz de Jarama Fuentidueña de Tajo Garganta de los Montes Gargantilla del Lozoya y Pinilla de Buitrago Gascones Griñón Guadalix de la Sierra Guadarrama La Hiruela Horcajo de la Sierra Horcajuelo de la Sierra Hoyo de Manzanares Loeches Lozoya Lozoyuela-Navas-Sieteiglesias Madarcos Manzanares el Real Meco Miraflores de la Sierra El Molar Los Molinos Mejorada del Campo Montejo de la Sierra Moraleja de Enmedio Moralzarzal Morata de Tajuña Navacerrada Navalafuente Navalagamella Navarredonda y San Mamés Navas del Rey Nuevo Baztán Olmeda de las Fuentes Orusco de Tajuña Paracuellos de Jarama Pedrezuela Pelayos de la Presa Perales de Tajuña Pezuela de las Torres Pinilla del Valle Piñuécar-Gandullas Pozuelo del Rey Prádena del Rincón Puebla de la Sierra Puentes Viejas Quijorna Rascafría Redueña Ribatejada Robledillo de la Jara Robledo de Chavela Robregordo Rozas de Puerto Real San Agustín del Guadalix San Lorenzo de El Escorial San Martín de la Vega San Martín de Valdeiglesias Santa María de la Alameda Santorcaz Los Santos de la Humosa La Serna del Monte Serranillos del Valle Sevilla la Nueva Somosierra Soto del Real Talamanca de Jarama Tielmes Titulcia Torrejón de la Calzada Torrejón de Velasco Torrelaguna Torrelodones Torremocha de Jarama Torres de la Alameda Valdaracete Valdeavero Valdelaguna Valdemanco Valdemaqueda Valdemorillo Valdeolmos-Alalpardo Valdepiélagos Valdetorres de Jarama Valdilecha Valverde de Alcalá El Vellón Venturada Villa del Prado Villaconejos Villalbilla Villamanrique de Tajo Villamanta Villamantilla Villanueva de la Cañada Villanueva del Pardillo Villanueva de Perales Villar del Olmo Villarejo de Salvanés Villavieja del Lozoya Zarzalejo

This article about a location in the Community of Madrid, Spain is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Municipalities in the Community of Madrid