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Capital and largest city of Spain
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. It had a population of over 3.4 million in the city proper in 2025, and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.8 million. Madrid is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), after Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the second-largest in the EU, after Paris. The municipality covers an area of 605.77 square kilometres (233.89 sq mi). Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about 660 metres (2,170 ft) above mean sea level.
More on Wikipedia ↗A protest camp in Madrid yesterday grew to include dozens of tents after the eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her lifelong home triggered outrage over gaps in tenant protections. Images of Maricarmen Abascal being carried from her Madrid flat on a stretcher on Wednesday after police broke down
Dozens of tents fill Puerta del Sol as protesters demand stronger tenant protections following Maricarmen Abascal’s eviction from her home of 70 years.
Protesters on Sunday planned to spend a second night camped out in a central Madrid square, keeping pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez over Spain's housing crisis...