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{{Infobox settlement
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'''Boadilla del Monte''' ({{IPA|es|boaˈðiʎa ðel ˈmonte|lang|Pronunciation of Boadilla del Monte in Spanish.ogg}}) is a Spanish town and municipality located in the west of the [[Community of Madrid]], inside its metropolitan area. It has the second highest level of income per capita in all of the country of Spain.<ref>País, El (May 29th, 2019). [https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/05/29/album/1559142805_400319.html «Fotos: Los 10 municipios más ricos de España, en imágenes»]. ''El País''. [[Issn|ISSN]] [https://issn.org/resource/issn/1134-6582 1134-6582]. Last seen, April 15th, 2020.</ref> In 2017, it had a population of 51,463.<ref>[http://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Datos.htm?t=2881 Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero]</ref>

== Symbols ==
The escutcheon representing the municipality was approved by Real Decreto on October 6, 1977:

{{blockquote|''«In a golden background, five green hoalm oaks in a sotuer position; surrounded by a black chain. On top, the royal crown»''|[[Boletín Oficial del Estado]] nº 266 de 7/11/1977<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |issue=266 |year=1977|title=Real Decreto 2758/1977, de 6 de octubre, por el que se autoriza al Ayuntamiento de Boadilla del Monte, de la provincia de Madrid, para adoptar su escudo heráldico municipal|url=http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1977/11/07/pdfs/A24403-24403.pdf|editor=[[Gobierno de España]]|issn=0212-033X|page=24403}}</ref>}}

The textual description of the flag, approved with an agreement on February 22, 2007, is the following:

{{blockquote|''«2:3 rectangular flag, divided vertically in two equal parts, green the left one and yellow the right one. In the middle, Boadilla del Monte's municipal escutcheon with its colors.»''<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid|title=ACUERDO del Consejo de Gobierno, de 22 de febrero de 2007, por el que se autoriza al Ayuntamiento de Boadilla del Monte para adoptar bandera municipal|url=http://www.bocm.es/boletin/CM_Boletin_BOCM/20070309_B/05800.pdf|editor=[[Gobierno de la Comunidad de Madrid]]|issn=1989-4791|pages=17–18}}</ref>}}

== History==
The placename could come from the Arabic "Boadil-la", showing a Saracen domain of the territory. Another option is that the name comes from "boa", word that in the 13th century meant "rush-like plant".

In the 15th century, the Catholic Monarchs gave Don. Andrés Cabrera and his wife, Doña Beatriz de Boadilla, the noble rank of Count and Countess of Chinchón, being Boadilla part of their territory. The "Señorío de Boadilla del Monte" had owners such as the [[Count of Toreno]] and the Marquess of Mirabal. Doña Josefa de Mirabal, 3rd Marchioness of Mirabal, had the permission of Castilla's Council to sell this señorío to the [[Infante Luis of Spain|Infante Don Luis]], who ordered [[Ventura Rodríguez|Ventura Rodriguez]], a neoclassic architect, to restyle the old [[Palace of Infante don Luis (Boadilla del Monte)|Palace of the Two Towers]].

In the middle of the 19th century, Boadilla added to its municipal limits the old municipality of Romanillos, with only 30 inhabitants.<ref>[http://www.boadilla.com/pages/historia.htm Boadilla del Monte, reseña histórica], boadilla.com. Accessed 3 November 2022.</ref>

The town –at that time little more than a village– was the scene of a fierce battle in December 1936 in which the [[International Brigades]] (including [[Winston Churchill]]'s nephew, [[Esmond Romilly]]) fought to defend Madrid against Franco's insurgent army. The battle lasted three days, during which most of Romilly's British comrades were killed.<ref>''Boadilla'' by [[Esmond Romilly]], first published 1937, republished by [[The Clapton Press]], 2018; ISBN 978-1-9996543-0-6</ref>

== Geography ==

=== Location ===
The municipality is located at an altitude of 682 MSL, in a terrain crossed by creeks, as well as the Guadarrama river. In it we can find big areas of holm oaks and pine trees. Although it has a varied topography, the slope is smooth, generally S.W. oriented.

The municipality is located to the west of [[Madrid]], and shares borders with [[Majadahonda]] to the north, [[Villaviciosa de Odón]] and [[Alcorcón]] to the south, [[Pozuelo de Alarcón]] to the east, and [[Villanueva de la Cañada]] and [[Brunete]] to the west.

=== Soil ===
Almost all municipality's terrain is lower Miocene soil, classified inside the "samartiense". It is composed of limestone, marl and gypsum.

=== Climate ===

* Average annual temperature: 13,6 °C
* Average annual precipitation: 500,5 m³ between March and December.

The main winds come from the S.W., and the climate is temperate: the average temperature in January (the coldest month) is 5 °C; and in July (the hottest month), it is 24,1 °C.

=== Hydrography ===

* Rivers: [[Guadarrama (river)|Guadarrama]], [[Aulencia river|Aulencia]].
* Creeks: Calabozo, Las Pueblas, Valenoso, Prado Grande, Los Pastores, Los Mojuelos.

=== Flora ===
Holm oaks, pine trees, oaks, ash trees...

== Demography ==
According to the [[Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)|INE]]'s "Padrón Municipal para 2017", the municipality, with an area of 47,20km2, is home to 51.463 inhabitants, with a density of 1090,32 inhabitants per km2.

== Urbanism ==
Apart from the historical town, between the 60s and the 70s residential areas started to develop independently, building single family houses with big plots.

This way, part of Boadilla's forest was bought to build the Montepríncipe and Monte de las Encinas residential complexes. At the same time, in the western part of the municipality, other complexes would develop: Las Lomas, Olivar de Mirabal, Parque Boadilla, Bonanza... Recently, in this area we can find Pino Centinela, Valdecabañas and Valdepastores.

Although this residential complexes were originally thought to be sold to high purchasing power families, the cheap price of land made them accessible to a big variety of people who came from Madrid, using it as a second home.

However, with Madrid's metropolitan area growing, this complexes ended up as luxury and exclusive residential areas, similar to near ones in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Majadahonda, Las Rozas or Villaviciosa de Odón. All them are known as "Histotic Residential Complexes".

In the 80s, Boadilla's historical town grew to the west, appearing what is now known as "Residencial de las Eras". With a higher density than the "Historic Residential Complexes", homes are mainly single family terraced houses organized around the Zoco de Boadilla mall.

== Other information ==
* The registered office of [[Banco de Santander|Santander Bank]] is based there.
* [[Convent of las Madres Carmelitas]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:boadilla1.JPG|Sector Siglo XXI and the tram
File:boadilla2.JPG|Infante Don Luis Street
File:boadilla3.JPG|Typical street -Pio Baroja
File:boadilla5.JPG|Skateboard court
File:boadilla6.JPG|Avenida Condesa De Chinchon
File:boadilla7.JPG|The tram
File:boadilla8.JPG|The tram station
</gallery>

==References==
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== Bibliografía ==

* {{cite book |title=Historia de Boadilla del Monte|url=http://ayuntamientoboadilladelmonte.org/sites/default/files/historia_de_boadilla_del_monte-02_0.pdf|last=Montero Padilla|first=José|year=2007|editor=Ayuntamiento de Boadilla del Monte}}

Content in this edit is translated from the existing Spanish Wikipedia article at [[:es:Boadilla del Monte]]; see its history for attribution.

==External links==
{{commons category|Boadilla del Monte}}
* [http://www.aytoboadilla.com Official website] {{in lang|es}}
* [http://www.soloboadilla.es Local magazine] {{in lang|es}}
* [http://www.infoboadilla.com City Information website on city] {{in lang|es}}
* [http://www.boadillaymas.es Local Press at Boadilla > Local Press]

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