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Cercedilla
Sign in to saveCercedilla () is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, in central Spain. It is located in the Sierra de Guadarrama. ==Background== left|thumb|Statue in Cercedilla ofFrancisco Fernández Ochoa It was the hometown of Francisco Fernández Ochoa (1950–2006), an alpine ski racer known for being the first Spaniard to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. He won the slalom in 1972 in Japan. Less than two weeks before his death from cancer, a statue was erected in his honor in Cercedilla.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Cercedilla
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vista aérea de Cercedilla.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera de Cercedilla.png
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Cercedilla.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Cercedilla (Madrid) mapa.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Cercedilla in Madrid
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain#Spain Community of Madrid
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Community of Madrid
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Luis Miguel Peña Fernández (2019)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 35.8
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_demonym
- Parraos
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Spain
- Official name
- Cercedilla
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Community of Madrid
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 7772
- Area
- 35.8
- Elevation
- 1118
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Los Molinos
- Official website
- www.cercedilla.es
- Image
- Cercedilla, en Madrid (España).jpg
- Licence plate code
- M
- Patron saint
- Saint Sebastian
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- Commons category
- Cercedilla
- postal code
- 28470
- topic's main category
- Category:Cercedilla
- male population
- 3463
- female population
- 3563
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Background
- Public transport
- Bus
- Urban lines
- Interurban lines
- Train
- See also
- References
Cercedilla () is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, in central Spain. It is located in the Sierra de Guadarrama. ==Background== left|thumb|Statue in Cercedilla ofFrancisco Fernández Ochoa It was the hometown of Francisco Fernández Ochoa (1950–2006), an alpine ski racer known for being the first Spaniard to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. He won the slalom in 1972 in Japan. Less than two weeks before his death from cancer, a statue was erected in his honor in Cercedilla.
Many of his siblings were also on the national ski team; his sister Blanca won an Olympic bronze medal in 1992 in France.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cercedilla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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