Villaverde (Madrid) Explained

Villaverde
Settlement Type:District of Madrid
Area Total Km2:20.29
Population:126,802
Population Density Km2:6249
Postal Code:28032
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Spain
Subdivision Type1:Auton. community
Subdivision Name1:Madrid
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Madrid
Leader Title:Concejal
Blank Name Sec1:Madrid district number
Blank Info Sec1:17
Blank Name Sec2:Address of council

Villaverde is one of the 21 districts of the city of Madrid, Spain.

Geography and history

The municipality was absorbed by Madrid in the 1950s as a result of the plans that the Franco government made to simplify the structure of big city administrations. Since then, is a district. It was in those years when it experimented a massive growth caused by the rural flight in Spain. This is the reason that made Villaverde a typical working class neighbourhood.

This condition leaves a heavy footprint in the district, because it has conditioned the current population composition, with many retired people (some of them returning to their towns in Andalusia, Castile-León, ...) and immigrants attracted by the cheap housing prices.

The district is administratively divided into five wards (Spanish; Castilian: barrios):

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