Daganzo de Arriba | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Madrid |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Comarca de Alcalá |
Subdivision Type4: | Judicial district |
Subdivision Name4: | Torrejón de Ardoz |
Coordinates: | 40.5433°N -3.4572°W |
Elevation M: | 673 |
Area Total Km2: | 43.8 |
Population Demonym: | Daganceño |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | Official language(s) |
Blank Info Sec1: | Spanish |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 28814 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Leader Title: | Alcalde |
Leader Name: | Sergio Berzal (2011) |
Leader Party: | Partido Popular |
Daganzo de Arriba (pronounced as /es/) is a Spanish municipality in the Comarca de Alcalá, located in the north-east of Autonomous Community of Madrid. It has a population of about 9,000 (including the residents of the permanent camping that is in the town), of which are mostly young families, in more recent times people have been purchasing homes in the new housing subdivisions that are being built and residing within those new neighborhoods.
It is 27 km to the east-northeast of Madrid and 11 km to the north of Alcalá de Henares. It has an altitude of 673 meters above sea level and has a municipal area of 4,325 hectares.
The village is surrounded by small hills. From north to south, the river Torote runs through the village, in whose margins was located the first settlement of this town, in the same place where the church of Nuestra Señora del Espino is, and stream Valseco.
There are two industrial parks which collectively employ about 1,800 workers, of which 800 are residents of the town. The rest come from other nearby municipalities.It has an important agriculture according to the area of the municipality, which is quite extensive and of acceptable quality.
The climate that dominates the area is characterized by very high summer temperatures and low winter temperatures. Rainfall in summer is almost zero and medium in periods of autumn and winter, therefore is unevenly distributed throughout the year. The average annual temperature is 14.5 °C with temperatures ranging from 27 °C in summer to 5 °C in winter.