Aranjuez

Economy

The main pillars for the local economy are hotels and tourism. Aranjuez has always been an attractive city for tourists thanks to, among other reasons, the Royal Palace, the gardens, the Tagus river and the kindness of the climate and the landscapes. In 2001 this city was awarded as World Heritage Cultural Landscape by Unesco, and since then, tourism has kept on increasing. Much money was spent in order to beautify Aranjuez and many pubs and restaurants were opened (from 2001 to 2004 their amount has increased 22%). In 2005 a great casino was opened in the city and in 2007 the so-called Tagus Hospital should be finished.

Related Topics:
Hotel - Tourism - Royal Palace - Tagus - 2001 - Unesco - 2004 - 2005 - Casino - 2007

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Agriculture: Aranjuez is located in the fertile plain of the Tagus river, so it has an adequate ground for the cultivation of wheat and other cereals. There are also horticulture plantations (asparagus and strawberries), both irrigated and dry products, vines and melons, which are also typical of the neighbour region of Castilla-La Mancha.

Related Topics:
Tagus - Wheat - Cereal - Asparagus - Strawberries - Vine - Melon - Castilla-La Mancha

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Industry: The closeness to Madrid and the good communications by road and railways make Aranjuez an adequate place for the settlement of several industries: detergents, mechanical constructions, computer and electrical material, photographic materials, pharmaceutical products, paints and varnishes, sugar refineries, oil mills.

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In the last decades the sugar refinery and the Agfa photographic factory have been closed. As a compensation, the Cortefiel textile mill plans to build a factury in Aranjuez in the following years.

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The majority of the industries are located westward the railway station, as well as in the "Gonzalo Chacón" industrial park, in the south. The current existing industries are:

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• Lever (detergents).
• Indra (computer systems).
• Carburos Metálicos (chemical products).
• Fyse (pharmaceutical industry).
• Bosch (electrical appliance).
• Slaughterhouse.