Adelfas


Adelfas is an administrative neighborhood (barrio) in Madrid of the Retiro district. . It is located in the extreme south of the district, so it only delimits with 3 of the 5 neighborhoods of the district: Pacífico to the west, Niño Jesús to the east and Estrella to the northeast. It is a middle class neighborhood, and it is also the neighborhood of the district with the newest architecture. This neighborhood was formerly known as "Las Californias". This name is attributed to the homonymous street that was the backbone of neighborhood.

This article is about the neighborhood in Madrid. For the metro station in Seville, see Adelfas (Seville Metro).
Adelfas
City neighborhood
CountrySpain
RegionCommunity of Madrid
MunicipalityMadrid
DistrictRetiro
Area
 • Total0.640692 km2 (0.247373 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total18,886
 • Density29,000/km2 (76,000/sq mi)

Demography

It has a population of 12,105 as of January 1, 2006 . The evolution of demographics in the neighborhood has experienced a great increase over the last 20 years. Thus in 1986 the population of the neighborhood was 12,105, in 1991 it was 13,068, in 1996 it was 12,629 and in 2001 it was 14,453. Therefore, if we take the 1986 population as a reference, it has increased by 38%, while the population of the City of Madrid, in the same period, has only grown by 4.8%. In 2020, the population is 18,886. [1]

Year Population Population evolution
1986 12,105 100
1991 13,068 108.0
1996 12,629 104.3
1998 12,877 106.4
1999 12,940 106.9
2000 13,414 110.8
2001 14,453 119.4
2002 15,208 125.6
2003 16,149 133.4
2004 16,260 134.3
2005 16,408 135.5
2006 16,705 138.0
2020 18,886

The average age of the neighborhood is 41.12 years. Despite being an age not much lower than the average for the city (42.00 years), it is the lowest in a district characterized by its aging since the average age of the district is 43.88 years.

It has a foreign population of 1,747, which represents 10.46% of the population. The most represented community is that of Ecuadorians, with a total of 381 people. The next community is the Colombian one with 136 people, and closely followed by Romanians, with 123 people. Immigration from the European Union contributes 154 people.

Transport

Cercanías Madrid

No Cercanías station serves this neighborhood. The closest are Méndez Álvaro (C-1, C-5, C-7 and C-10) and Atocha (C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5, C-7, C-8, C-10) in the Atocha neighborhood of the neighboring Arganzuela district.

Metro of Madrid

Lines 1 and 6 serve the neighborhood with the stations of Pacífico (both lines), Puente de Vallecas (L1) and Conde de Casal (L6)

Buses

Within the network of the Municipal Transport Company of Madrid , the following lines provide service to this neighborhood:

Line Terminals
8 Pza. Legazpi - Valdebernardo
10 Pza. Cibeles - Palomeras
14 Pza. Conde de Casal - Avda. Pío XII
24 Atocha - Well of Uncle Raimundo
32 Pza. Jacinto Benavente - Pavones
37 Gta. Cuatro Caminos - Vallecas Bridge
54 Atocha - Bº Vilano
56 Diego de León - Vallecas Bridge
57 Atocha - Alto del Arenal
63 Avda. Felipe II - Bº Santa Eugenia
113 Méndez Álvaro - Pza. Ciudad Lineal
136 Pacific - Madrid South
141 Atocha - Buenos Aires
143 Pza. Manuel Becerra - Villa de Vallecas
145 Pza. Conde de Casal - Ensanche de Vallecas
148 Pza. Callao - Vallecas Bridge
156 Pza. Manuel Becerra - Pza. Legazpi
310 Pacific - El Pozo Station
AND Pza. Conde de Casal - Vallecas Polytechnic
N9 Pza. Cibeles - Ensanche de Vallecas
N10 Pza. Cibeles - Palomeras
N25 Pza. Alonso Martínez - Villa de Vallecas

References
  1. "Ayuntamiento de Madrid". www-2.munimadrid.es. Retrieved 2020-11-29.

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