Alcorcón

Infobox City
official_name = Alcorcón
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image_shield = Escudo Alcorcon.svg
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map_caption = Location in the Community of Madrid, Spain
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Spain
subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community
subdivision_name1 = Community of Madrid
subdivision_type2 = Province
subdivision_name2 = Madrid
subdivision_type3 = Comarca
subdivision_name3 = Madrid metropolitan area
subdivision_type4 = Administrative Divisions
subdivision_name4 = 3
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leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Enrique Cascallana
leader_party = PSOE
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established_title = Founded
established_date = 13th century
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population_as_of = 2007
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population_note = ranked (by population): 38th (Spain), 6th (Community of Madrid)
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population_total = 166553
population_density_km2 = 4822.67
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timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
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latd=40 |latm=21 |lats=0 |latNS=N
longd=3 |longm=50 |longs=0 |longEW=W
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elevation_m = 695
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postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 28921 to 28925
area_code = 34 (Spain) + 91 (Madrid)
website = [http://www.ayto-alcorcon.es www.ayto-alcorcon.es] es icon
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Alcorcón is a city in the metropolitan area of Madrid which, as of the first of January 2006, had a population of 166,553 [ [http://www.ine.es/pob_xls/pobmun07.xls List of Spanish municipalties by population as of 1st January of 2007 (INE)] ] . It is located 13 km to the south-west of Madrid.

The site appears to have been inhabited since prehistoric times. An early written reference to Alcorcón is in a medieval document that dates from the 28 of July of 1208.

The city has been growing rapidly in recent times due to immigration from other parts of Spain.

Not only has the Alcorcon population been increasing, but also the services of the city have been developing spectacularly. Nowadays Alcorcon has two hospitals, the Fundación Hospital de Alcorcón (which is state owned, but run privately), and the Hospital Sur Madrid (a totally private hospital). The centres teaching health related degrees of the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos are based in the city. In addition Club Atletico de Madrid is going to build training facilities in the north of the municipality.

The city plays host to the football team Agrupación Deportiva de Alcorcón that plays in group 1 of Segunda División B.

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