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El Escorial is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Madrid, located 45 km (28 mi) northwest of the Spanish capital Madrid. It belongs to the comarca of Cuenca del Guadarrama. Its population in 2009 was 14,979.
The territory of El Escorial is home to the park of La Granjilla de la Fresneda. The famous Royal Seat of San Lorenzo de El Escorial also known as Monasterio de El Escorial or El Escorial, is located in the adjacent municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. On the outskirts of San Lorenzo de El Escorial is the national memorial Valle de los Caídos (Valley of the Fallen).
The name of the town derives from slag (escoria) deposits from an old local foundry.
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| Renting a flat (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for El Escorial · 1,147 leases | €678/month |
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| Renting a house (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for El Escorial | €853/month |
| Buying a home (appraised value)MIVAU, appraised value of private housing · Q2 2026 · figure for the province of Madrid | €4,090/m² |
| Average net household incomeINE, Income Distribution Atlas · 2023 · figure for El Escorial | €45,779/year |
| Petrol 95Ministry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 17 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.783/litre |
| DieselMinistry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 17 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.904/litre |
Sources: State Housing Rent Index System and appraised housing value (Spanish Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda); Household Income Distribution Atlas (INE); fuel prices (Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition). Open data, reusable with attribution. The set lunch menu and coffee aren't shown: there are no public statistics on those prices by village or by province.
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