{{Distinguish|Fortaleza}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Hortaleza |settlement_type = [[Districts of Madrid|District]] |image_skyline = Torre Puerta de Chamartín y Torre Panorama (2).jpg |image_caption = | mapframe = yes | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Spain]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Autonomous communities of Spain|Aut. community]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Municipalities of Spain|Municipality]] | subdivision_name1 = [[File:Flag of the Community of Madrid.svg|20px|border]] [[Community of Madrid|Madrid]] | subdivision_name2 = [[File:Escudo de Madrid.svg|15px]] [[Madrid]] | leader_title = [[City Council of Madrid#Districts|Councillor-President]] | leader_name = [[David Pérez (Spanish politician)|David Pérez]] ([[People's Party (Spain)|PP]], 2023) |area_total_km2= 27.4 |population_density_km2= 5896.9 |postal_code= 28033, 28042, 28043, 28050 | blank_name_sec1 = Madrid district number | blank_info_sec1 = 16 | blank_name_sec2 = Address of council | blank_info_sec2 = |website= |population_total = 161,661 | module = }} [[File:Iglesia de San Matías, vista desde la plaza de la Iglesia, Hortaleza, Madrid, España, 2015.JPG|thumb|San Matías church 2015]]
'''Hortaleza''' is one of the 21 [[Districts of Madrid|districts]] of the city of [[Madrid]], [[Spain]].
== History ==
=== Origin === The first recorded human activity in the area of Hortaleza was the existence of a [[nomad]]ic or semi-nomadic population in the [[Paleolithic]] and [[Neolithic]] eras, as attested to by the findings of numerous prehistoric tools in sites in the Valdebebas stream and in the historical center of Hortaleza itself, which were discovered at the end of the 19th century by the archaeologist Dr. Javier Pastor Muñoz.
The current neighborhood of Hortaleza developed from the old town of {{ill|Hortaleza (town)|lt=Hortaleza|es|Hortaleza (municipio)}}, located on the hill formed between the [[Manzanares (river)|Manzanares]] and [[Jarama]] rivers. The village was supplied with water by two streams, the Valdebebas and the Abroñigal. The town was most probably founded in the 13th century, with written attestation of it by 1361. It is believed that the town was founded by [[Mozarabs]] from Madrid who used it to spend the summer.
==Demographics== {{As of|2005}} there were 153,939 residents,<ref name=HidalgoHortaleza>Hidalgo, Susana. "[http://elpais.com/diario/2005/01/23/madrid/1106483063_850215.html Hortaleza, territorio francés] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922143502/http://elpais.com/diario/2005/01/23/madrid/1106483063_850215.html |date=22 September 2015 }}" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150922143502/http://elpais.com/diario/2005/01/23/madrid/1106483063_850215.html Archive]). ''[[El País]]''. 23 January 2005.</ref> 17% of the population were minors, and Hortaleza was one of five Madrid districts with the youngest populations.<ref name="HidalgoHortaleza" /> In 2005, persons from France made up 1,424 of the residents, as a French community formed around the [[Lycée Français de Madrid]] main campus.
In Hortaleza, the French are the third largest foreign group after the Ecuadorians and Colombians, and there are more French speakers in Hortaleza than those of Moroccan Arabic, Peruvian Spanish, and Romanian. There is a French bookshop, Frañol, and a French nursery, Pomme D'Api.<ref name="HidalgoHortaleza" />
===Famous inhabitants=== * [[Luis Aragonés]] - there is a monument in Cantabrian Sea Street, at the site of Aragonés' childhood home<ref>[https://www.europapress.es/madrid/noticia-monolito-hortaleza-recuerda-caracter-castizo-talento-grandes-luis-aragones-20140919144637.html Un monolito en Hortaleza recuerda a Luis Aragonés] (in Spanish). [[Europa Press (news agency)|Europa Press]].</ref> * [[Florentino Pérez]]
==Geography==
===Subdivision=== The district is administratively divided into six wards (''Barrios''): *[[Apóstol Santiago (Madrid)|Apóstol Santiago]] *[[Canillas (Madrid)|Canillas]] *[[Palomas (Madrid)|Palomas]] *[[Pinar del Rey (Madrid)|Pinar del Rey]] *[[Piovera (Madrid)|Piovera]] *[[Valdefuentes (Madrid)|Valdefuentes]]
Foreigners make up 17.31% of the residents of La Piovera, while 6.16% of the residents of Apóstol Santiago were foreigners. Neighborhoods other than La Piovera have smaller foreigner populations.<ref name=HidalgoHortaleza/>
[[Sanchinarro]], an independent community before 1950, is a part of Hortaleza. 13,500 houses were scheduled to be in Sanchinarro in a period around 2005. 11,500 apartment units were planned for Ciudad Aeroportuaria-[[Valdebebas]], another development in Hortaleza.<ref name=HidalgoHortaleza/>
==Education== [[File:Lycée Français de Madrid 01.jpg|thumb|[[Lycée Français de Madrid]] Conde de Orgaz campus]] *[[Lycée Français de Madrid]] Main campus
==Politics== As of 2005 the most voted-for political party in Hortaleza was the [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]] (PP).<ref name=HidalgoHortaleza/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}}
{{Districts of Madrid}} {{Authority control}}
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