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Leganés
Municipality in Community of Madrid, Spain

Leganés

Leganés is a municipality and a city in Spain, located within the Community of Madrid.

It forms part of the Madrid metropolitan area and is situated 11 kilometers southwest of the capital. As of 2025, it has a population of 195,734 inhabitants, it is the fourth most populous municipality in the Community of Madrid and the thirty-second largest in Spain, according to the list of Spanish municipalities by population.

How locals move

Getting around Leganés the local way

  • Get inA somewhat unusual means of transportation is the cable car, that links Argüelles with the Casa de Campo (zoo and theme park) while offering a great view of the city.

From Wikivoyage: Madrid/Moncloa, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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