Perales de Tajuña is a small town in Spain

Spain

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, in the province

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 and autonomous community of Madrid, located about 40 km to the southeast of Madrid in the area known as the Comarca de Las Vegas. The municipality covers 48.92 km², has a population of 2,738 inhabitants and a population density of 55.97 hab/km². To the north it borders with Arganda del Rey

Arganda del Rey

Arganda del Rey is a municipality in Madrid, Spain. It is connected to Madrid by metro line 9, underground.-History:The first definitive habitation in the area dates back to the Arabic presence in the Iberian Peninsula...

 and Campo Real, to the east with Tielmes

Tielmes

Tielmes is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain....

, to the south with Villarejo de Salvanés

Villarejo de Salvanés

Villarejo de Salvanés is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain....

, and to the west with Morata de Tajuña

Morata de Tajuña

Morata de Tajuña is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain....

 and Valdelaguna.

Education

In Perales de Tajuña there is one (1) public nursery school and one (1) infant and primary school, also public.

Historical

• Town Hall
• Remains of watchtown and walls
• Ruins of Hermitage of San Sebastián
• Ruins of old hermitage of San Isidro
• Telegraph Tower-Fortress

Fountains

• Mariblanca fountan
• Round fountain
• Barracks fountain
• Lagasca fountain
• Butrera fountain

Festivities

• San Blas
  San Blas
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  , third of February
• Our Lady of the Castle, first Sunday of May
• San Isidro
  Isidore the Laborer
  Isidore the Laborer, also known as Isidore the Farmer, , was a Spanish day laborer known for his goodness toward the poor and animals. He is the Catholic patron saint of farmers and of Madrid and of La Ceiba, Honduras....
  
  , fifteenth of May
• Town festival, month of August

Communications

Perales de Tajuña is well connected by road to Madrid and all the surrounding towns.

• From Madrid: R-3 (toll motorway) or A-3 (dual carriageway); Exits 33A, 35 or 41
• From Arganda del Rey
  Arganda del Rey
  Arganda del Rey is a municipality in Madrid, Spain. It is connected to Madrid by metro line 9, underground.-History:The first definitive habitation in the area dates back to the Arabic presence in the Iberian Peninsula...
  
  : the old N-III
• From Campo Real: M-220
• From Morata de Tajuña
  Morata de Tajuña
  Morata de Tajuña is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain....
  
  : M-302
• From Tielmes
  Tielmes
  Tielmes is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain....
  
  , Carabaña
  Carabaña
  Carabaña is a small municipality in the Community of Madrid . It is located 50 km from Madrid close to the Autovía A-3, the main highway to Valencia, on the banks of the Tajuña River at a height of 625 m above sea level...
  
  , Orusco, Ambite
  Ambite
  Ambite is a municipality in the province of Madrid, Spain. It has 382 inhabitants in an area of , with a population density of 14.69 hab/km². It lies above sea level....
  
  : M-204
• From Valdelaguna: M-317
• From Villarejo de Salvanés
  Villarejo de Salvanés
  Villarejo de Salvanés is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain....
  
  : A-3, Exit 41

External links

• Official webpage of Perales de Tajuña Town Council in Spanish
• Madrid Region Statistical Office in Spanish