Somosierra
Sign in to saveSomosierra is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain, located at 83 km north of Madrid, in the mountain pass with the same name, at an elevation of 1433 metres above sea level, being the northernmost town of Community of Madrid. The Battle of Somosierra was fought here in 1808 during the Napoleonic Wars, and the Battle of Guadarrama was fought nearby in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War.
Key facts
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- Somosierra
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- Municipality
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- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de las Nieves en Somosierra.jpg
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- Escudo de Somosierra.svg
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- Somosierra (Madrid) mapa.svg
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- Spain#Spain Community of Madrid
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- Location of Somosierra in Spain
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- Country
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- Spain
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- Province
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- Community of Madrid
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Francisco Sanz Gutierrez
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 20.42
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1433
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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Somosierra is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain, located at 83 km north of Madrid, in the mountain pass with the same name, at an elevation of 1433 metres above sea level, being the northernmost town of Community of Madrid. The Battle of Somosierra was fought here in 1808 during the Napoleonic Wars, and the Battle of Guadarrama was fought nearby in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War.
== Public transport == Nowadays the only way to arrive to Somosierra is with the following bus lines:
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