Alcorcón
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Alcorcón is a city of the metropolitan area of Madrid which as of the first of January 2004 had a population of 156,592. It is located to 13 km of Madrid in south-western direction.
The site appears to have been inhabited since prehistoric times. An early written reference to Alcorcón is a medieval document that dates from the 28 of July of 1208.
The city has been growing rapidly in recent times due to immigration from other parts of Spain.
Not only has been increasing the Alcorcon population, but also the services of the city has been developing spectacularly. Nowadays Alcorcon has two hospitals, the Fundacion Hospital de Alcorcón (whose owner is the public health system, but it is run by private hands), and the Hospital Sur Madrid (a totally private hospital). The centres teaching health related degrees of the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos are based in the city. And Club Atletico de Madrid is going to build the centres to train in the north of the municipality.
The city plays host to the football team El Alcorcón that plays in group 1 of Segunda División B.
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