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Torrejón de Ardoz
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Torrejón de Ardoz is a municipality in the autonomous Commonty o Madrid, Spain.
Torrejón de Ardoz | |
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Ceety | |
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Coordinates: 40°27′41″N 3°29′52″W | |
Kintra | ![]() |
Region | ![]() |
Comarca | Madrid metropolitan aurie |
Foondit | 11t hunderyear |
Govrenment | |
• Alcalde | Pedro Rollán Ojeda (PP) |
Area | |
• Ceety | 84.1 km2 (32.49 sq mi) |
Elevation | 568 m (1,864 ft) |
Population (2013) | |
• Urban | 127.132 |
• Demonym | Torrejonero |
Time zone | UTC+1 (EST) |
Website | Torrejon.es |
It is locatit 20 km east o the ceety o Madrid, on the Autovía A-2 (Madrid-Barcelona heich-gate). It is essentially a dormitory toun, maistly consistin o apairtments, a lairge maw an a pairk containin mony famous European laundmerks. It can be reached bi bus frae Avenida de América bus station in Madrid (approx. 25 minutes) or bi commuter train frae Madrid Atocha railwey station (in roughly 30 minutes).
The European Union Satellite Centre, a agency o the European Union, is locatit in Torrejón de Ardoz. It is the location o the heidquairters o the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, the Spaingie space agency.
Thare is a militar airbase in Torrejón de Ardoz an aw. This base receives business jets, an its runwey can be seen tae the richt when landin at Madrid's Barajas airport. For years, the Unitit States Air Force occupee'd the base unner greements made wi Francisco Franco, protectin NATO's soothren flank. Ane o the election platforms o Felipe González's Spainyie Socialist Wirkers' Pairty (PSOE) wis tae close tae the base tae the American fechter wing. González haein been electit, the lease o the then 401st Tactical Fighter Wing (nou the 401st Air Expeditionary Wing) wis no renewed an the F-16 fechter wing left the base in the early 1990s.