Alcobendas () is a municipality of Spain located in the Community of Madrid. It forms an urban continuum with the neighbouring municipality of San Sebastián de los Reyes. The affluent residential area of La Moraleja lies within the municipal limits, segregated from the main urban nucleus by the A-1 highway. The municipality features the Valdelatas nature reserve and a light industrial estate. It also houses a basketball museum organised by the Pedro Ferrándiz Foundation where the FIBA Hall of Fame is located. Once a working class area, Alcobendas has become one of the most economically affluent municipalities in the Madrid metropolitan area. History The settlement is first documented in a 1208 border delimitation between the lands of Segovia and Madrid. In 1369, the Castilian Crown gifted the village to the Mendozas, later passing to control of the Arias Dávila family. The population boomed after 1960. Transport Alcobendas lies within CRTM's B1 fare zone for passenger transport. Both Alcobendas and its neighbour city, San Sebastián de los Reyes are connected with Madrid with buses operated by the 'Interbús' bus company. There are currently eight bus lines that go to and from different districts of Alcobendas to Plaza de Castilla (the hub for public transport to northern Madrid). Alcobendas also has eight bus lines that connect the different zones of Alcobendas between themselves. Metro (Underground) Alcobendas presently has four Metro stations (La Granja, La Moraleja, Marqués de la Valdavia and Manuel de Falla) which are all on line 10 of the Madrid Metro network. These stations were recently opened by Esperanza Aguirre, former President of the Autonomous Community of Madrid. Buses Buses going to and from Plaza de Castilla are: 151 Madrid (Pza. Castilla) - Alcobendas (FF.CC) 153 Madrid (Pza. Castilla) - Alcobendas (Rosa Luxemburgo) 153B a.k.a. B53 Madrid (Pinar de Chamartín) - Alcobendas (Rosa Luxemburgo) 155 Madrid (Pza. Castilla) - Alcobendas (El Soto de la Moraleja) 155B a.k.a. B55 Madrid (Pza. Castilla) - Alcobendas (El Encinar de los Reyes) 157 Madrid (Pza. Castilla) - Alcobendas (Pº de la Chopera) 157C a.k.a. C57 Madrid (Pza. Castilla) - Alcobendas (Valdelasfuentes) 159 Madrid (Pza. Castilla) - Alcobendas (Arroyo de la Vega) Buses connecting different parts of Alcobendas are: L-1 Arroyo de la Vega - El Soto de la Moraleja - La Moraleja L-2 Alcobendas - La Moraleja [via Pº Alcobendas] L-3 Arroyo de la Vega - El Soto de la Moraleja - El Encinar