Cercedilla

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Municipality in Community of Madrid, Spain

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Location of Cercedilla in Madrid

40°44′28″N 4°3′25″W / 40.74111°N 4.05694°W / 40.74111; -4.05694CountrySpainRegionCommunity of MadridGovernment

• MayorLuis Miguel Peña Fernández (2019)Area

• Total35.8 km² (13.8 sq mi)Elevation

1,214 m (3,983 ft)Population

(2018)^[1]

• Total6,948 • Density190/km² (500/sq mi)DemonymParraosTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)WebsiteOfficial website

Cercedilla (Spanish pronunciation: [θeɾθeˈðiʎa]) is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, in central Spain. It is located in the Sierra de Guadarrama.

Background

It was the hometown of Francisco Fernández Ochoa (1950–2006), an alpine ski racer known for being the first (and only) Spaniard to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. He won the slalom in 1972 in Japan. Less than two weeks before his death from cancer, a statue was erected in his honor in Cercedilla.^[2]

Many of his siblings were also on the national ski team; his sister Blanca won an Olympic bronze medal in 1992 in France.

Public transport

Bus

Urban lines

Line 1: Fuenfría hospital - High School

Interurban lines

Line 680: Collado Villalba (hospital) - Cercedilla

Line 684: Madrid (Moncloa) - Cercedilla (by Guadarrama)

Train

Cercedilla has a train station which gives service to two Cercanías lines, line C-8 and C-9. Line C-8 connects Cercedilla with Madrid, Alcalá de Henares and Guadalajara, while the C-9 line has a more tourist use than commuter use, since it only has two stops, one in Navacerrada and the other in Cotos, located in the Sierra de Guadarrama. In addition, a regional train line leaves from here (although the service is provided with commuter trains) and connects the village of Cercedilla with Segovia.

References

^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ RUGH, PETE (November 6, 2006). "Spanish gold medalist Fernandez Ochoa dies at 56". SkiRacing.com. Retrieved March 29, 2022.