Villaconejos

Villaconejos is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain. Historically, Villaconejos's economy has been based on agriculture. Examples of the region's common crops include olives, cereals, and fruits, including melons. The melons of Villaconejos are popular throughout Spain. Villaconejos is home to a Melon Museum.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Villaconejos is referenced by 183 other articles, and connects out to Spain, Madrid and agriculture.

The entry is geolocated on the map in ES, across 2 mapped points.

It is catalogued under the topic Municipalities in the Community of Madrid.

Its subject is documented across 40 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Villaconejos
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera_de_Villaconejos.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo_de_Villaconejos.svg
Settlement.image_map: Villaconejos (Madrid) mapa.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 300px
Settlement.map_caption: Municipal location within the Community of Madrid.
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: above
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Community of Madrid
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.area_total_km2: 36.65
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities
Settlement.timezone: CET

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of Spain
Official name: Villaconejos
Country: Spain
Located in: Community of Madrid
Continent: Europe
Population: 3508
Area: 36.65
Elevation: 680
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Colmenar de Oreja
Official website: www.ayto-villaconejos.com
Image: Ayuntamiento de Villaconejos.jpg
Licence plate code: M

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Commons category: Villaconejos
postal code: 28360
P8168: coaming
male population: 1745
female population: 1643

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Etymology
History
References

==Etymology== thumb|The Ayuntamiento The town's name comes from Conejos which literally means 'rabbits' in Spanish. The general belief is that the name stemmed from the historical abundance of rabbits in the region, and the hunters attracted to the region by said rabbits.

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