Rosas (or Las Rosas) is an administrative
neighborhood
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of
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...
belonging to the district of
San Blas-Canillejas
San Blas-Canillejas is a district to the east of Madrid's city centre. The population of the district is estimated in 149,909.
Geography Subdivision
The district is administratively divided into 8 wards (''Barrios''):
*Amposta
*Arcos
* Canilleja ...
.
It comprises part of the Ensanche Este de San Blas, to the west of the
M-40 as well as large non-urbanised plots to the east of the latter motorway, including a
sepiolite extraction site, whose mining below the phreatic level has induced the formation of a series of small lagoons. The former athletics stadium known as La Peineta (currently the
Metropolitano Stadium
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, the home football stadium of
Atlético Madrid
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) is located in the neighborhood.
It has an area of . As of 1 March 2020, it has a population of 31,953.
References
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Wards of Madrid
San Blas-Canillejas