Hoyo de Manzanares

Hoyo de Manzanares
municipality
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Coordinates:
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Madrid
Government
• Body	Ayuntamiento de Hoyo de Manzanares
• Mayor	Ramon Regueiras (Popular Party of Hoyo)
Area
• Total	45.18 km2 (17.44 sq mi)
Elevation	1,001 m (3,284 ft)
Population (2013)
• Total	7,872
• Rank	1st
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Hoyense
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	28240
Website	http://www.hoyodemanzanares.es/

Hoyo de Manzanares is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain located on the Northeastern side of the community of Madrid and to the south of the Sierra de Guadarrama.

It has a stable population of roughly 7,457 residents (INE 2008), a statistic that has been increasing consistently from the economic crisis. The population also greatly increases during the summer as a result from various families who own summer houses in the area.

This district of Madrid is found inside of the Parque Regional de la Cuenca Alta del Manzanares created by the community of Madrid in 1985. The Parque Regional de la Cuenca Alta del Manzanares is the oldest and most protected regional park in the community of Madrid. As a result, Hoyo de Manzanares is surrounded by mountains and fields of land that give the town a beautiful view.

The only way to arrive in Hoyo de Manzanares from the city of Madrid, is through the M-618 highway that bisects the regional park, passing the nearby towns of Torrelodones, Colemenar Viejo and lastly Hoyo de Manzanares.

History

Lots of evidence has been found of ancient life in this small town, but it wasn’t until the Middle Ages that life had been actually documented in this particular district of Madrid. After the Reconquista, Hoyo de Manzanares was quickly repopulated by Moriscos, Philistines, Segovians and of course Madridians. This mixed population remained as it was, until 1609 to 1614 where the Spanish government forced Moriscos to leave the kingdom of Spain after the marriage of the queen of Castille, Isabel, and the King of Aragon, Ferdinand. The town then lost most of its population, but remained constant for the following years.

Education

There are all forms of education in Hoyo de Manzanares. The first is a private daycare named Babyplay and the second is a public daycare named Los Tajetes. There is one public preschool, one public elementary school, and one public secondary school. There also exists a private university named the Universidad Antonio de Nebrija.

Military academy

The Academy of Engineers of Madrid, founded in 1803, is located in Hoyo de Manzanares, Madrid. This academy contains one of the largest libraries of northern Madrid, containing various donated volumes of books about the Spanish Civil War.

References

• King, Nikola. "Campaign Military English: Find out about the Campaign Authors." Campaign Military. Macmillan, n.d. Web. 7 Feb. 2014.
• Clavero Roda, Alberto (2000). Hoyo de Manzanares en la Historia. ISBN 84-606-2948-1.
• Las comunidades judía, musulmana y anglicana disponen de cementerios propios en Madrid, El País, 1 de noviembre de 1986.
• «"La muerte tenía un precio" (en este artículo se allude al filme "Por un puñado de dólares", rodado en la Sierra de Hoyo)». Revista Fantastique (2007). Consultado el 2007.
• La línea 611A no circula sábados, domingos ni festivos según http://www.ctm-madrid.es, cubriendo la 611 parte de su recorrido esos días
• http://www.mma.es/secciones/el_ministerio/organismos/oapn/oapn_mab_redreservas.htm
• La Sierra de Hoyo de Manzanares. El campo militar de adiestramiento de El Palancar y sus condiciones ambientales. VV.AA. Ministerio de Defensa. 2003 176 páginas ISBN 84-9781-055-4