Brunete
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Brunete | |
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 Coat of arms | |
_mapa.svg) Location of Brunete in Madrid | |
  Brunete Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 40°24′0″N 3°59′37″W / 40.40000°N 3.99361°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community | Madrid |
| Province | Madrid |
| Comarca | Madrid Metropolitan Area |
| Government | |
| • Alcalde | Borja Gutiérrez Iglesias (PP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 48.94 km2 (18.90 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 656 m (2,152 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 10,596 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
| Demonym | brunetense |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 28690 |
| Climate | Csa |
| Website | Official website |
Brunete (Spanish pronunciation: [bɾuˈnete]) is a town located on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, with a population of 10,730 people.[2]
History
[edit]| Brunete during the Civil War | |||||||||||
| from | to | duration (days) | in control of | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 18, 1936 | November 1, 1936 | 106 | Republicans | ||||||||
| November 1, 1936 | July 6, 1937 | 247 | Nationalists | ||||||||
| July 6, 1937 | July 24, 1937 | 18 | Republicans | ||||||||
| July 24, 1937 | April 1, 1939 | 616 | Nationalists | ||||||||
There was no military garrison in Brunete and there was no rebel attempt to seize the city during the coup of July 1936. Brunete remained in the deep rear of the front, in the summer established in Sierra de Guadarrama, some 20 km to the north. The Nationalist 7. Division approached the city in mid-October 1936, and on October 18 the Republican government declared Brunete within zona de guerra.[3] There was no major fighting reported before on November 1, 1936 the Nationalist troops seized Brunete.[4]
In the summer of 1937 the Republican general staff prepared a diversionary offensive; it was intended to make Franco shift some of his troops from Cantabria and assist the defenders of Santander. The attack commenced in very late hours of July 5, and on the evening of July 6 Brunete was re-taken by the Republicans; they claimed to have taken 80 prisoners.[5] The Nationalists re-grouped and indeed moved some units from the Northern Front. Following some 2 weeks of fierce fighting, Brunete was again seized by the rebels on July 24, 1937.[6] For the remainder of the war the city remained under the Nationalist control in the rear of the frontline, some 10 km from combat positions at the outskirts of Madrid.
In 2013 the local council launched a system to tackle a perceived dog excrement problem, which involved identifying offending dogs and posting the excrement to the homes of their owners. Initial results showed that the amount of dog faeces in the town reduced by 70 per cent.[7]
Geography
[edit]The town is located 27.35 kilometres (16.99 mi) from the centre of Madrid.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Alex Dunham (4 June 2013). "Spanish town mails dog poo back to owners". The Local. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Hoja de Lunes 16.10.1936
- ^ El Dia de Palencia 02.11.1936
- ^ La Libertad 07.07.1937
- ^ W. Laird Kleine-Ahlbrandt, Harold Paton Mitchell, The Policy of Simmering: A Study of British Policy during the Spanish Civil War 1936–1939
- ^ "Dog Poo Posted Back To Owners By Brunete Council, Madrid (VIDEO)". Huffington Post UK. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ "Distance Calculator > Spain Distances > Calculate the distance from Madrid to Brunete ( Spain Madrid )". Distance Calculator. distance-calculator.co.uk. 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
External links
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