San Sebastián de los Reyes (Spanish: [san seβasˈtjan de los ˈreʝes] ⓘ, colloquially called "Sanse") is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1492, it is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Madrid.
San Sebastián de los Reyes | |
|---|---|
| Nicknames: Sanse, Pamplona chica | |
| Coordinates: 40°32′49″N 3°37′33″W / 40.54694°N 3.62583°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Community of Madrid |
| Founded | 1492 |
| Government | |
| • Type | ayuntamiento |
| • Mayor | Lucia Soledad Fernandez Alonso (PP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 59.26 km2 (22.88 sq mi) |
| • Land | 59.26 km2 (22.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 730 m (2,400 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 91,083[1] |
| • Density | 1,537/km2 (3,981/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (GMT +1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (GMT +2) |
| Post code | 28701-28703, 28706-28709 |
| Area code | +34 91 |
| Website | http://www.ssreyes.org/ |
Geography
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It forms an urban continuum with the neighbouring Alcobendas,[2]
Transport
editSan Sebastián de los Reyes, having direct communication with the A-1 motorway, has a connection with several bus lines that connect the city with Madrid and several towns in the Sierra Norte of Madrid. This line buses, along with urban ones, are the following:
- Urban line 2: Alcobendas - La Moraleja (by Paseo de Alcobendas) (Interbús)
- Urban line 4: Sports Center - Moscatelares (Interbús)
- Urban line 5: San Sebastián de los Reyes - Alcobendas - El Soto de la Moraleja (Interbús)
- Urban line 7: Alcobendas train station - Polígonos - Alcobendas train station (Interbús)
- Urban line 8: Alcobendas (train station) - Alcobendas (Arroyo de la Vega) (Interbús)
- 151: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Alcobendas (Interbús)
- 152C: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - San Sebastián de los Reyes (Dehesa Vieja) (Interbús)
- 153: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Alcobendas - Rosa Luxemburgo (Interbús)
- 154: Madrid (Chamartín) - San Sebastián de los Reyes (circular by Fuencarral) (Interbús)
- 154C: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - San Sebastián de los Reyes (Quiñones Avenue) (Interbús)
- 156: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - San Sebastián de los Reyes (Polígono Industrial Moscatelares) (Interbús)
- 158: Madrid (Pinar de Chamartín) - Alcobendas-San Sebastián de los Reyes (Tempranales) (Interbús)
- 161: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Fuente del Fresno urbanization (Interbús)
- 166: San Sebastián de los Reyes-Urbanización Valdelagua (Interbús)
- 180: Alcobendas - Algete (Interbús)
- 171: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Santo Domingo urbanization (ALSA)
- 191: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Buitrago del Lozoya (ALSA)
- 193: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - El Vellón (ALSA)
- 194: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Rascafría (ALSA)
- 195: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Braojos (ALSA)
- 196: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - La Acebeda (ALSA)
- 197: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Uceda (ALSA)
- 210: San Sebastián de los Reyes - Paracuellos de Jarama (ALSA)
- 827: Madrid (Canillejas) - Tres Cantos (Doroteo Casado Montes)
- 827A: Alcobendas - San Sebastián de los Reyes - University (Doroteo Casado Montes)
- Night bus line 102: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - San Sebastián de los Reyes (Interbús)
- Night bus line 103: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Algete (Interbús)
- Night bus line 104: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - San Agustín del Guadalix (ALSA)
San Sebastián de los Reyes also shares a railway station with the neighbouring municipality of Alcobendas. From this station you can go to the city of Madrid and to many other places such as Getafe or Parla.
Economy
editMajor industrial companies have branches in San Sebastián de los Reyes, including IKEA, Leroy Merlin, PC City, Selther, Carrefour, Alternate, MediaMarkt, Telepizza, Antena 3, and many more. [citation needed]
Flexicar, a Spanish used-vehicle retail group, has its headquarters in San Sebastián de los Reyes.[3]
Game developer MercurySteam is based here.[4]
Sport
editThe Jarama Circuit, located in the north of the municipality, hosted the Spanish Grand Prix and Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix between the 1960s and 1980s.
A women's football team, Madrid CFF, plays in the Primera División (women). The club is from Madrid, but their stadium is in San Sebastián. A men's football team, AF Alcobendas-Gandarío, plays in the Primera de Aficionados.

Town twinning
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Madrid: Población por municipios y sexo". www.ine.es (in European Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ↑ Díaz Pacheco, Jaime; Hewitt, Richard (2010). "El territorio como bien de consumo las grandes superficies comerciales en el contexto metropolitano y su implicación para el desarrollo urbano sostenible". In Carlos Cornejo Nieto; Juan Morán Sáez; José Prada Trigo (eds.). Ciudad, territorio y paisaje: Reflexiones para un debate multidisciplinar (PDF). p. 243. ISBN 978-84-92943-28-9.
- ↑ "¿Qué es el Grupo Flexicar?". El Confidencial Digital (in Spanish). 18 June 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ↑ "Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, un giro radical a la saga". ABC (in Spanish). 14 June 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
- ↑ "Los jóvenes de Sanse visitan la ciudad hermana de Baunatal". Gente Digital. 27 September 2012.
Notable people
editJorge Martin, 2024 MotoGP World Champion in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship.