Alcobendas

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Alcobendas

Total population

123,108

Elevation700 m

Land area44.98 km²

Coordinates40.54°, -3.64°

Demographic figures from INE (Spain). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Alcobendas is a municipality of Spain located in the Community of Madrid.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

José Ángel Gómez Marchante

road bicycle racer

Miguel Gila Cuesta

Comedian, Actor (1919–2001)

Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero

Spanish cyclist

R

Rubén Lobato

road bicycle racer

David de Navas

Spanish footballer

Karla Sofía Gascón

Spanish actress

H

Higinio Domingo Perucha

Spanish cyclist

J

Jandro Velázquez

Spanish musician

J

Javier Rosado Calvo

Spanish criminal

M

Mateo Guill

Spanish architect

Javier Patiño

Spanish-Filipino professional footballer

J

José Herrero Berrendero

Spanish cyclist

R

Ricardo Blanco Argibay

Spanish nationalist military, civil servant who participated in the Spanish Civil War (1915-1938)

Jorge Martín

Spanish motorcycle racer

J

José Caballero Domínguez

mayor of the city of Alcobendas

D

Darío Hernández

cyclist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Madrid

• San Sebastián de los Reyes
  0.7 mi away · pop. 88,057
• Cobeña
  7.1 mi away · pop. 7,628
• Ajalvir
  8.2 mi away · pop. 5,004
• Algete
  8.2 mi away · pop. 15,666
• Fuente el Saz de Jarama
  9.1 mi away · pop. 6,595
• Daganzo de Arriba
  9.4 mi away · pop. 10,758
• Colmenar Viejo
  10.7 mi away · pop. 57,175
• Valdeolmos
  11.8 mi away · pop. 1,191
• Pozuelo de Alarcón
  11.9 mi away · pop. 59,323
• Fresno de Torote
  12.3 mi away · pop. 2
• Valdetorres de Jarama
  12.5 mi away · pop. 4,004
• Mejorada del Campo
  12.5 mi away · pop. 21,567

Browse all places in Madrid →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Alcobendas

Crisis en la democracia?

Amigos de la Ciudad Católica. Reunión · 1984

Barajas, Alcobendas, 1751

María del Carmen de Cayetano Martín · 1995

La idea en un signo

Centro de Arte Alcobendas · 2017

XVI Jornadas de Archivos Municipales

Jornadas de Archivos Municipales (16th 2006 Alcobendas, Spain) · 2006

Presente y futuro de la historia medieval en España

Jornadas sobre la Investigación Medieval en las Comunidades Autónomas (1st 1988 Alcobendas, Spain) · 1990

Plan general de ordenación urbana

Madrid (Spain : Region). Consejería de Obras Públicas, Urbanismo y Transportes. · 1991

Never-ending handbook

Juan del Junco · 2018

Las misiones franciscanas en China

Buenaventura Ibáñez · 1933

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Mediterranean recluse

Loxosceles rufescens

Seen 2026-09-24

sweet acorn oak

Quercus rotundifolia

Seen 2026-09-24

Peninsular Cooter

Pseudemys peninsularis

Seen 2026-09-24

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-23

Leafhopper Assassin Bug

Zelus renardii

Seen 2026-09-23

Willow Warbler

Phylloscopus trochilus

Seen 2026-09-23

Marsh Crane Fly

Tipula oleracea

Seen 2026-09-23

Woodlark

Lullula arborea

Seen 2026-09-23

dagger flower

Mantisalca salmantica

Seen 2026-09-23

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).