| Villaverde | |
|---|---|
| District of Madrid | |
 | |
| Country | Spain |
| Auton. community | Madrid |
| Municipality | Madrid |
| Government | |
| • Councillor-President | Orlando Chacón Tabares (PP, 2023) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20.29 km (7.83 sq mi) |
| Population | 126,802 |
| • Density | 6,249/km (16,180/sq mi) |
| Madrid district number | 17 |
Villaverde is one of the 21 districts of the city of Madrid, Spain.
Geography and history
The municipality was absorbed by Madrid in the 1950s as a result of the plans that the Franco government made to simplify the structure of big city administrations. Since then, is a district. It was in those years when it experimented a massive growth caused by the rural flight in Spain. This is the reason that made Villaverde a typical working class neighbourhood.
This condition leaves a heavy footprint in the district, because it has conditioned the current population composition, with many retired people (some of them returning to their towns in Andalusia, Castile-León, ...) and immigrants attracted by the cheap housing prices.
The district is administratively divided into five wards (barrios):
External links
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