Pezuela de las Torres

Pezuela de las Torres Pezuela de las Torres
Municipality
Municipal location within the Community of Madrid.
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Community of Madrid
Provinces	Province of Madrid
Region	Alcarria
Government
• Mayor	José Corral (PP-People's Party)
Population (2013)
• Total	798
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Pezuela de las Torres is a municipality of the Commonwealth of Madrid, Spain.

Tourist Attractions

Pezuela de las Torres has got an important tourist attraction, it is about Jesus' Birth Theatre. It realised on the streets of the town, this attraction is very important for the town's economy. Also Pezuela de las Torres has other important attractions: its sources, journeys and pathways, etc.

Government

This town has a special political situation. Pezuela de las Torres has the next composition in its council:

- CdP (Ciudadanos de Pezuela-Citizens of Pezuela) 1 councilor

- PP (Partido Popular-People's Party) 3 councilors. The mayor is from this party, with accord with CdP.

- IU (Izquierda Unida- United Left) 3 councilors.

Town's festivals

Relevant festivals in Pezuela de las Torres are:

- Saint Anna's Day: at afternoon people goes to a mass, at Saint Anna's Parish, after mass there is a concert, actuations and a traditional market.

- Help Christ's Day: the greatest festival at the town and is the most popular festivity. It takes place 14 September and it has some days of celebration (with bulls race, dance, market and actuations) the groups of friends build cabins and at night people go to these for dance and to drink alcohol, Coke or something else. Although it is on 14 September, the celebration begins on 13 September.

- Saint Benito's Day: people go to the parish, at the town's border, and there people hear mass, enjoy chocolate and buy in a traditional market.

- Saint Isidro's Day: there is a traditional mass and a traditional procession around the countryside and the Saint blesses them.

- Saint Pilar's Day: also known as Spanish National Day (12 October), for this event there is a festival of 3 days. The town has concerts, actuations, a mass and a procession with band.

The town is full of people who come to visit their families, the population on these days is estimated at 1000.

Demography

There have been many unusual changes in her census. The population had its maximum point between 1950–70, but with the advent of the new century the dwellers had a big decline. Now the village has got a regular population, over 798 people. Although there are population changes in special festivities, the town can get over 1000 citizens in summer and 950 in winter.

References

Municipalities of the Community of Madrid

3,000,000+	Madrid

200,000+	Alcalá de Henares Móstoles

150,000+	Alcorcón Fuenlabrada Getafe Leganés

100,000+	Alcobendas Coslada Parla Torrejón de Ardoz

50,000+	Aranjuez Arganda del Rey Boadilla del Monte Collado Villalba Las Rozas de Madrid Majadahonda Pozuelo de Alarcón Rivas-Vaciamadrid San Sebastián de los Reyes Valdemoro

25,000+	Colmenar Viejo Galapagar Navalcarnero Pinto San Fernando de Henares Tres Cantos Villaviciosa de Odón

under 25,000	La Acebeda Ajalvir Alameda del Valle El Álamo Aldea del Fresno Algete Alpedrete Ambite Anchuelo Arroyomolinos El Atazar Batres Becerril de la Sierra Belmonte de Tajo El Berrueco Berzosa del Lozoya El Boalo Braojos Brea de Tajo Brunete Buitrago del Lozoya Bustarviejo Cabanillas de la Sierra La Cabrera Cadalso de los Vidrios Camarma de Esteruelas Campo Real Canencia Carabaña Casarrubuelos Cenicientos Cercedilla Cervera de Buitrago Chapinería Chinchón Ciempozuelos Cobeña Collado Mediano Colmenar de Oreja Colmenar del Arroyo Colmenarejo Corpa Cubas de la Sagra El Escorial Estremera Fresnedillas de la Oliva Fresno de Torote Fuente el Saz de Jarama Fuentidueña de Tajo Garganta de los Montes Gargantilla del Lozoya y Pinilla de Buitrago Gascones Griñón Guadalix de la Sierra Guadarrama La Hiruela Horcajo de la Sierra Horcajuelo de la Sierra Hoyo de Manzanares Loeches Lozoya Lozoyuela-Navas-Sieteiglesias Madarcos Manzanares el Real Meco Miraflores de la Sierra El Molar Los Molinos Mejorada del Campo Montejo de la Sierra Moraleja de Enmedio Moralzarzal Morata de Tajuña Navacerrada Navalafuente Navalagamella Navarredonda y San Mamés Navas del Rey Nuevo Baztán Olmeda de las Fuentes Orusco de Tajuña Paracuellos de Jarama Pedrezuela Pelayos de la Presa Perales de Tajuña Pezuela de las Torres Pinilla del Valle Piñuécar-Gandullas Pozuelo del Rey Prádena del Rincón Puebla de la Sierra Puentes Viejas Quijorna Rascafría Redueña Ribatejada Robledillo de la Jara Robledo de Chavela Robregordo Rozas de Puerto Real San Agustín del Guadalix San Lorenzo de El Escorial San Martín de la Vega San Martín de Valdeiglesias Santa María de la Alameda Santorcaz Los Santos de la Humosa La Serna del Monte Serranillos del Valle Sevilla la Nueva Somosierra Soto del Real Talamanca de Jarama Tielmes Titulcia Torrejón de la Calzada Torrejón de Velasco Torrelaguna Torrelodones Torremocha de Jarama Torres de la Alameda Valdaracete Valdeavero Valdelaguna Valdemanco Valdemaqueda Valdemorillo Valdeolmos-Alalpardo Valdepiélagos Valdetorres de Jarama Valdilecha Valverde de Alcalá El Vellón Venturada Villa del Prado Villaconejos Villalbilla Villamanrique de Tajo Villamanta Villamantilla Villanueva de la Cañada Villanueva del Pardillo Villanueva de Perales Villar del Olmo Villarejo de Salvanés Villavieja del Lozoya Zarzalejo

Coordinates: 40°25′N 3°10′W / 40.417°N 3.167°W / 40.417; -3.167

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