Ciudad Lineal
District
Location of Ciudad Lineal
CountrySpain
CommunityCommunity of Madrid
MunicipalityMadrid
Wards
List of wards (9)
Area
 • Total11.43 km2 (4.41 sq mi)
Population
228,171
 • Density19,970/km2 (51,700/sq mi)
Postal code(s)
28017, 28027, 28032, 28033, 28043

Ciudad Lineal ([θjuˈðað lineˈal], "Linear City") is one of 21 districts of Madrid, Spain.

Geography

Wards

The district is administratively divided into nine wards:

History

Its name, Linear City, comes from the model of organization by the Spanish architect Arturo Soria y Mata, the linear city, based on the idea of the line. The ‘Ciudad Lineal’ takes a form of a city 400 meters wide, centered on a tramway (line 70 - closed in 1972) and a thoroughfare running in parallel. The main street in the district has his name, calle de Arturo Soria. The city is the current headquarters for the flag carrier airline of Spain, Iberia.[1] Mariano Belmás Estrada was one of the main architects in the early days.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Caves, R. W. (2004). Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. p. 3431. ISBN 9780415252256.
  2. ↑ Óscar da Rocha Aranda (2018). "Mariano Belmás Estrada" (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

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