El Casar | |
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Coordinates: 40°42′12″N 3°25′35″W / 40.70333°N 3.42639°W / 40.70333; -3.42639 | |
Country | Spain |
Region | Castile-La Mancha |
Province | Guadalajara |
Area | |
• Total | 51.84 km (20.02 sq mi) |
Elevation | 833 m (2,733 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 11,812 |
• Density | 230/km (590/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
El Casar (Spanish pronunciation: [el kaˈsaɾ]) is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
Located in the border with the Community of Madrid, in the route of the N-320 road, it lies at 833 metres above sea level. The municipality covers an area of 51.84 km.
As of 2018 it has a population of 11,812. El Casar is one of the municipalities in the province that experienced a great population increase in the late 20th century, in parallel to a huge increase in the urbanised area, through low-density residential developments, initially intended mainly for second homes. The population has roughly multiplied tenfold during the 1981–2011 period.
References
- Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Santiago Rodríguez, Eduardo de (2008). "Madrid "ciudad única" (II). La explosión urbana en la región madrileña y sus efectos colaterales". Urban 13 (in Spanish) (13): 153. ISSN 1138-0810.
- "Predicción por municipios. Casar, El (Guadalajara)". AEMET.
- "Municipios". Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales. Ministerio de Hacienda y Administraciones Públicas.
- Pozo Rivera, Enrique; Rodríguez Moya, Juana (2006). "Transformaciones sociodemográficas recientes en las comarcas Castellano Manchegas limítrofes con la Comunidad de Madrid". Anales de Geografía (26). Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 249–281. ISSN 0211-9803.
- "Alteraciones de los municipios en los Censos de Población desde 1842". Instituto Nacional de Estadística.
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