Madrid

Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain. It had a population of over 3.4 million in the city proper in 2025, and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.8 million. Madrid is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), after Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the second-largest in the EU, after Paris. The municipality covers an area of . Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid, it is the political, economic an

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Madrid is Spain's capital and largest city, with over 3.4 million residents in the city proper and about 6.8 million in its metropolitan area, making it the second-largest city in the European Union after Berlin. As the center of Spain's political and economic power, Madrid plays a crucial role in the country's governance and serves as a major hub for the nation's economy.

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Official name: Madrid
Demonym: madrilenca
Population: 3506730
Area: 604.4551
Elevation: 663
Official website: www.munimadrid.es
Image: Madrid (38624991251).jpg
Dialing code: 91
Licence plate code: M

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postal code: 28001–28081
Commons category: Madrid
Commons gallery: Madrid
native label: Madrid
time of earliest written record: 0871-00-00
budget: 4702875724
male population: 1520153
female population: 1745973
hashtag: Madrid
P11012: Never Gonna Give You Up
social media followers: 11200
P12749: tobacco

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The primitive core of Madrid, a walled military outpost, dates back to the late 9th century, under the Emirate of Córdoba. Conquered by Christians in 1083 or 1085, it consolidated in the Late Middle Ages as a sizeable town of the Crown of Castile. The development of Madrid as an administrative centre was fostered after 1561, as it became the permanent seat of the court of the Hispanic Monarchy. The following centuries were characterised by the reinforcement of Madrid's status within the framework of a centralised form of state-building.