The Community of Madrid

The Communauté of Madrid is one of the 17 autonomous communities of the Spain, being composed of the province of Madrid . Its capital is the town of Madrid, also capital of the country. The autonomous community of Madrid and the province of Madrid thus have common territories, which can be described by name Communauté monoprovinciale .

Policy

The Community of Madrid is chaired by Esperanza Aguirre, first woman in Spain to occupy such a function. With the elections of October 26th, 2003, the Popular party (PP) obtained 57 seats at the regional Parliament against 45 seats with the socialist (PSOE), and 9 with the Communists of Izquierda Unida (IU). The election of May 27th, 2007 reinforced the presence of the Popular party (PP) at the regional Parliament since this one gains ten seats while passing to 67 while PSOE loses three seats (45) and Izquierda Unida (IU) gains two of them (11).

History

The Community of Madrid was a not very important area at the time of the Roman Empire: it was a " zone of passage" where the legions rested rebellion on standby. Before the province of Madrid being one of the five provinces of the historical area of News-Castille (current the Castille it Sleeve), the Community of Madrid was instituted in autonomous community " monoprovinciale" March 1st 1983 during the approval of its statute of autonomy, one of the last to constitute during the Spanish Democratic transition. Among the reasons of its constitution in autonomous community are the great differences economic and demographic between the province of Madrid and the other provinces surrounding, but also the fact of lodging the capital of the State.

Localities

The population of the community of Madrid increased constantly since the beginning of the 20th century:

Its growth is above the national average. The great majority of the population concentrates in the capital and in the neighborhoods.

Various cities composing the Community of Madrid:

The autonomous community is framed by the Castille-and-León in the North-West and the Castille it Manche in south-east.

Madrid is also the host of the Circuit del Jarama, a circuit of race of motorsport which formerly accommodated the Formule 1 for the automobile Grand Prix of Spain.

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