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Yebes is a municipality located in the 
The
province of Guadalajara
Guadalajara () is a province of Spain, belonging to the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. As of 2013 it had a population of 257,723 people. The population of the province has grown in the last 10 years. It is located in the centre of ...
, Castilla–La Mancha
Castilla–La Mancha (, , ), or Castile La Mancha, is an autonomous community of Spain. Comprising the provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo, it was created in 1982. The government headquarters are in Toledo, and ...
, Spain. According to the 2004 census
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(INE
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), the municipality had a population of 235 inhabitants.
The Yebes Observatory
Yebes Observatory (Spanish: ''Centro Astronómico de Yebes (CAY)'') is an astronomical observatory located at Yebes, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
Yebes Observatory is the main scientific and technical facility of the National Geographic Institute ...
with its RT40m radio telescope is located in Yebes.
Ciudad Valdeluz
A new town called Ciudad Valdeluz is being developed within the boundaries of Yebes some 10 kilometres from the village. The project was intended to take advantage of the new high-speed railway between Madrid and Barcelona, but it has been adversely affected by theSpanish property bubble
The Spanish property bubble is the collapsed overshooting part of a long-term price increase of Spanish real estate prices. This long-term price increase has happened in various stages from 1985 up to 2008. The housing bubble can be clearly divi ...
.
The project to make the new town was approved in September 2002 by the provincial planning commission. The construction began in 2004 for a time estimated to complete in 7 years more and the first residents arrived in 2006. The developer Construcciones Reyal S.A. had invested more than 1.1 billion of Euros in the construction of the city before the economic bubble exploded.
See also
* Guadalajara–Yebes railway stationReferences
External links
Municipalities in the Province of Guadalajara {{CastillaLaMancha-geo-stub