Rosas | |
Settlement Type: | City neighborhood |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Community of Madrid |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Madrid |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | San Blas-Canillejas |
Area Total Km2: | 9.388024 |
Population Total: | 31953 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Rosas (or Las Rosas) is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid belonging to the district of San Blas-Canillejas.
It comprises part of the Ensanche Este de San Blas,[1] to the west of the M-40 as well as large non-urbanised plots to the east of the latter motorway, including a sepiolite extraction site, whose mining below the phreatic level has induced the formation of a series of small lagoons.[2] The former athletics stadium known as La Peineta (currently the Metropolitano Stadium, the home football stadium of Atlético Madrid) is located in the neighborhood.[3]
It has an area of .[4] As of 1 March 2020, it has a population of 31,953.[5]