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El Casar

Coordinates: 40°42′12″N 3°25′35″W / 40.70333°N 3.42639°W / 40.70333; -3.42639
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El Casar
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El Casar is located in Spain
El Casar
El Casar
El Casar is located in Castilla-La Mancha
El Casar
El Casar
El Casar is located in Province of Guadalajara
El Casar
El Casar
Coordinates: 40°42′12″N 3°25′35″W / 40.70333°N 3.42639°W / 40.70333; -3.42639
CountrySpain
RegionCastile-La Mancha
ProvinceGuadalajara
Area
 • Total
51.84 km2 (20.02 sq mi)
Elevation
833 m (2,733 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total
11,812
 • Density230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

El Casar (Spanish pronunciation: [el kaˈsaɾ]) is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.

Located in the border with the Community of Madrid, in the route of the N-320 road,[2] it lies at 833 metres above sea level.[3] The municipality covers an area of 51.84 km2.[4]

As of 2018 it has a population of 11,812. El Casar is one of the municipalities in the province that experienced a great population increase in the late 20th century,[5] in parallel to a huge increase in the urbanised area, through low-density residential developments, initially intended mainly for second homes.[2] The population has roughly multiplied tenfold during the 1981–2011 period.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ a b Santiago Rodríguez, Eduardo de (2008). "Madrid "ciudad única" (II). La explosión urbana en la región madrileña y sus efectos colaterales". Urban 13 (in Spanish) (13): 153. ISSN 1138-0810.
  3. ^ "Predicción por municipios. Casar, El (Guadalajara)". AEMET.
  4. ^ "Municipios". Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales. Ministerio de Hacienda y Administraciones Públicas.
  5. ^ Pozo Rivera, Enrique; Rodríguez Moya, Juana (2006). "Transformaciones sociodemográficas recientes en las comarcas Castellano Manchegas limítrofes con la Comunidad de Madrid". Anales de Geografía (26). Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 249–281. ISSN 0211-9803.
  6. ^ "Alteraciones de los municipios en los Censos de Población desde 1842". Instituto Nacional de Estadística.
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