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Thousands march in Madrid to protest eviction of 87-year-old woman
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- Sep 26, 2026, 5:04 PM UTC
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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.
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Tens of thousands rallied in the Spanish capital after an 87-year-old woman was dramatically evicted from her home this week. Protesters called for measures to curb rising costs and reduce evictions.
Images of her being carried from her lifelong home after police broke down her door have put a spotlight on the country’s housing crisis.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid on Saturday to demand the right to housing and protest against evictions. The demonstration centred on the case of an 87-year-old woman who wa...