About Navalcarnero / Griñón, Madrid

Navalcarnero is a municipality in Madrid (province), (Spain) that has 20.058 inhabitants (INE 2008)
 
Geography and Population of Navalcarnero:
 
The Villa Real of Navalcarnero lies to the South East of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, about 31 km from Madrid capital city. Its average altitude is 670 m above sea level and has a surface of 100.2 km².
 
The main access is through the A-5 freeway, although it can also be reached by the roads M-404, M-600 and M-507.
 
The transportation company Blas y Cía operates a service linking Navalcarnero with Móstoles (RENFE station, lines 529, 529 A, 531 and 531 A), Alcorcón Hospital (line 529 H) and Madrid (Príncipe Pío, line 528).
 
Cevesa also links Madrid (Méndez Álvaro, line 536) with the housing development of Fado/Calypo, with several stops along the way in Alcorcón, Móstoles and Navalcarnero.
 
La Villa Real de Navalcarnero is one the five most important towns in Madrid for tourism, together with Alcalá de Henares, Aranjuez, Chinchón and El Escorial. Its old-fashion Castilian town look, its great gastronomy and traditions make Navalcarnero a very popular tourist attraction. 
 
Griñón is a town located to the South of Madrid (Spain). It has 9.161 inhabitants (INE, 2008) and an area of 17 Km2. The distance from Griñón to the Capital is 27 Km.
 
Griñón is located in a zone called "La Sagra". The residential area is located near the roads M404 from Navalcarnero to Chinchón; M405 from Griñón to Fuenlabrada; M-417 from Griñón to Casarrubuelos and the Autovía from Griñón to Fuenlabrada and Leganés. The highway Madrid-Toledo also goes trough Griñón.
 
 
Navalcarnero, see Wikipedia (last visited Feb. 16, 2009).
Griñón, see Wikipedia (last visited Feb. 16, 2009).








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