Alcobendas

**Alcobendas** () is a ceety locatit in the Commonty o Madrid, central Spain. It is locatit roughly  north o Madrid an  frae Madrid-Barajas Airport. It includes a central urban zone, a recently biggit destrict kent as *Valdelasfuentes*, *La Moraleja* an *El Soto de la Moraleja* residential zones, the Valdelatas nature reserve an a licht industrial estate. A huge business pairk cried *Valdelacasa* for heich-tech firms is bein biggit. It is the location o a basketbaw museum organisit bi the Pedro Ferrándiz Foundation whaur the FIBA Hall of Fame is locatit.

Ance a wirkin cless aurie, it haes in mair recent times become ane o the mair socially an economically affluent auries o the Madrid metropolitan aurie an conteens the neighbourheid o La Moraleja an aw.

## Transport

Alcobendas in is the B1 zone for Madrid's transport netwirk.
Both Alcobendas an its neebour ceety, San Sebastián de los Reyes are connectit wi Madrid wi buses operatit bi the 'Interbús' bus company. Thare are currently aicht bus lines that go tae an from different destricts o Alcobendas tae Plaza de Castilla (the hub for public transport tae northren Madrid). Alcobendas haes aicht bus lines that connect the different zones o Alcobendas atween thaitsels.

*[[Madrid Metro|Metro]] (Underground)*:

Alcobendas presently haes fower Metro stations (*La Granja*, *La Moraleja*, *Marqués de la Valdavia* an *Manuel de Falla*) which are aw on *line 10* o the Madrid Metro netwirk. These stations wur opened bi Esperanza Aguirre, then Preses o the Autonomous Commonty o Madrid.

*Buses*

Buses goin tae an frae Plaza de Castilla are: 
**151** Madrid (Pza. Castilla) - Alcobendas (FF.CC)
**153** Madrid (Pza. Castilla) - Alcobendas (Rosa Luxemburgo)
**153B** a.k.a. **B53** Madrid (Pinar de Chamartín) - Alcobendas (Rosa Luxemburgo)
**155** Madrid (Pza. Castilla) - Alcobendas (El Soto de la Moraleja)
**155B** a.k.a. **B55** Madrid (Pza. Castilla) - Alcobendas (El Encinar de los Reyes)
**157** Madrid (Pza. Castilla) - Alcobendas (Pº de la Chopera)
**157C** a.k.a. **C57** Madrid (Pza. Castilla) - Alcobendas (Valdelasfuentes)
**159** Madrid (Pza. Castilla) - Alcobendas (Arroyo de la Vega)

Buses connectin different pairts o Alcobendas are:
**L-1** Arroyo de la Vega - El Soto de la Moraleja - La Moraleja 
**L-2** Alcobendas - La Moraleja [via Pº Alcobendas]
**L-3** Arroyo de la Vega - El Soto de la Moraleja - El Encinar de los Reyes
**L-5** San Sebastián de los Reyes - Alcobendas - El Soto de la Moraleja
**L-6** Valdelasfuentes (FF.CC) - Polígono Industrial
**L-9** Alcobendas (FF.CC) - Arroyo de la Vega

Twa further circular lines are:
**C10** Valdelasfuentes - Arroyo de la Vega - Valdelasfuentes
**C11** Arroyo de la Vega - Valdelasfuentes - Arroyo de la Vega

*Cercanías Train*

Alcobendas haes twa suburban railwey stations an aw (ane shared wi San Sebastián de los Reyes):
**Valdelasfuentes** an
**Alcobendas-San Sebastián de los Reyes**.
Baith shape pairt o the **C-4a** Cercanías line an can get tae Sol an Atocha in hauf a oor.

*Private Transport*

Alobendas is easily reached bi caur as well. Thare are a nummer o motorweys goin roond Alcobendas an throu it. Airport access is perfect wi the recently biggit motorwey kent as the M-12 which connects the Canillejas destrict o Madrid wi Madrid-Barajas Airport an endin up in the Arroyo de la Vega aurie o Alcobendas

Leet o motorweys an main roads that go throu Alcobendas:
**A-1**-*Autovía del Norte*
**R-2**-*Radial 2 (Madrid-Guadalajara)*
**M-50**-*Autopista M-50*
**M-12**-*Autopista Eje-Aeropuerto*
**M-603**-*Carretera de Fuencarral a Alcobendas*
**M-616**-*Carretera de El Pardo a Alcobendas*

The difficulty o pairkin in Alcobendas varies dependin on which destrict you are pairkin in. In the *Casco* destrict it is challengin tae fynd a pairkin space. Housomeivver this problem is no posit in the newer auries whaur ample pairkin facilities are available.

## Economy
Air Madrid uised tae hae its heid office in Alcobendas, till the company fauldit in 2006.

## Sport
In 2010, Alcobendas wis the host ceety o the 2010 CIRH Weemen's World Cup, the maist important competeetion in Weemen's roller hockey.

## Notable fowk
* Penélope Cruz, actress. Durin the 2008 Oscar Ceremony, efter receivin the prize for best Supporting Actress, she openly acknawledgit the municipality in her acceptance speech.
* Marcos Pérez Jiménez, umwhile Venezuelan dictator. Residence efter bein exiled frae Venezuela whaur he livit till his daith in 2001.

## Climate
The Köppen climate clessification subteeep for this climate is "Csa 
" (Mediterranean Climate).

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Alcobendas