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Getafe is a municipality and a city in Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. As of 2025, it has a population of 193,238, the region's fifth most populated municipality.
Getafe is located 13 km south of Madrid's city centre, within a flat area of central Iberia's Meseta Central in the Manzanares River basin. The Cerro de los Ángeles hill, a site traditionally considered to be the geographical center of the Iberian Peninsula, also lies within the municipal limits.
Getafe was a hamlet attached to the Madrid's sexmo of Villaverde during the late Middle Ages. Its proximity to Madrid fostered industrial development during the 20th and 21st centuries. Industrialisation was followed by an increase in population, reaching 170,115 in 2011. Due to its industrial and social networks, the majority of residents work or study within the city. New neighborhoods were developed towards the end of the 20th century.
Getafe hosts an Airbus factory. It is home to the Getafe Air Base, one of the oldest Spanish military air bases, and to the main campus of the Charles III University of Madrid (UC3M).
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La Santa Iglesia Catedral de Santa María Magdalena, conocida simplemente como catedral de La Magdalena, es una iglesia catedralicia de culto católico dedicada a Santa María Magdalena. Está situada en el barrio Centro de Getafe, en la plaza de La Magdalena.
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El Real Canal de Manzanares constituyó un proyecto de infraestructura muy ambicioso y por sus enormes dificultades técnicas y naturales y costos exorbitantes, para muchos, irrealizable, que pretendía unir Madrid con Aranjuez por medio acuático donde el canal se dividiría para ir a Lisboa por el…
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La ermita de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles es un templo católico español ubicado en Getafe (Madrid).
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El monumento al Sagrado Corazón de Jesús se encuentra situado en el Cerro de los Ángeles, en Getafe (Madrid). Se localiza en un cerro testigo, enfrente de la ermita de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, en el considerado centro geográfico de España.
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El convento del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús y San José es un cenobio de monjas Carmelitas Descalzas, situado en La Aldehuela, en el barrio getafense de Perales del Río.
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8 plans to experience Getafe on the move, not just passing through.
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Places and plans from OpenStreetMap (ODbL): what is mapped within the municipal boundary, by name. If something is missing, it can be added there and will appear here in the next update.
What there really is in the village and around it, with distances. If an activity isn't on this list, we haven't found it nearby.
