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Puente de Vallecas

Puente de Vallecas

Puente de Vallecas is one of the 21 districts of the city of , . It forms, with the district of , the geographical area of .
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  • Type: Suburb with 244,000 residents
  • Description: 13th city district of Madrid, Spain
  • Also known as: “Barrio Puente de Vallecas”, “District 13”, “Puente de Vallecas District”, and “Vallecas”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vallecas Stadium and Méndez Álvaro.

Stadium
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Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas is a football in the district of Puente de Vallecas, . It currently hosts football matches and is the home of Primera Division club Rayo Vallecano.

Railway station
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is a Madrid Metro, Cercanías and international bus station in city center. It was opened on 7 May 1981 and is near in fare Zone A.

Museum
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The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is Spain's national museum of 20th-century art. The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992, and is named for Queen Sofía. is situated 4 km northwest of Puente de Vallecas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Retiro-Paseo del Arte and Southern Suburbs.

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Retiro is a district in eastern-central . While it is dominated by the Retiro Park, it also houses 125,000 residents. This article also includes the Paseo del Arte where the city's most famous art museums are lined up.

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For the purposes of this guide, districts of Latina, Moratalaz, Usera, Puente de Vallecas, Moratalaz, Villaverde, Villa de Vallecas and Vicálvaro are considered as the of .

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is a district in southern on the banks of river Manzanares. In addition to that, this article covers all southern districts of the Spanish capital, most of which are little frequented by international travellers.

Puente de Vallecas

Latitude
40.3869° or 40° 23′ 13″ north
Longitude
-3.6592° or 3° 39′ 33″ west
Population
244,000
Elevation
633 metres (2,077 feet)
Open location code
8CGR98PR+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316750327
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3112737
Wiki­data ID
Q2003054
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Puente de Vallecas” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Պուենտե դե Վալյեսաս”
  • Asturian: “Puente de Vallecas”
  • Basque: “Puente de Vallecas”
  • Catalan: “Puente de Vallecas”
  • Cebuano: “Puente de Vallecas”
  • Chinese: “巴列卡斯桥区”
  • Dutch: “Puente de Vallecas”
  • Esperanto: “Ponto de Valjeko”
  • French: “Puente de Vallecas”
  • Galician: “Distrito 13”
  • Galician: “Distrito de Puente de Vallecas”
  • Galician: “Puente de Vallecas”
  • German: “Puente de Vallecas”
  • Italian: “Puente de Vallecas”
  • Japanese: “プエンテ・デ・バリェカス”
  • Korean: “푸엔테데바예카스”
  • Malagasy: “Puente de Vallecas”
  • Polish: “Puente de Vallecas”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito 13”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de Puente de Vallecas”
  • Portuguese: “Puente de Vallecas”
  • Quechua: “Puente de Vallecas distritu”
  • Scots: “Puente de Vallecas”
  • Spanish: “Distrito 13”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Puente de Vallecas”
  • Spanish: “Puente de Vallecas”
  • Swedish: “Puente de Vallecas”
  • Turkish: “Puente de Vallecas”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Puente de Vallecas”. Photo: rubenhood, CC BY-SA 2.0.