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The town hosts a number of Spanish headquarters of companies such as [[Siemens]], [[Danone]], [[Beiersdorf]], advanced research at [[Merck_GroupMerck Group|Merck]], [[GlaxoSmithKline|GSK]], and a chapter of the Spanish High Committee of Scientific Research [[Spanish_National_Research_CouncilSpanish National Research Council|CSIC]].

In 1969 to 1973, [[Vicente Mortes]], the Minister of Housing (Ministro de la Vivienda), commissioned by the dictator [[Francisco Franco]], was the first to establish and develop the town over a rural area. This was not the Tres Cantos we know today, because it was the old version of it. Later on, they decided to regenerate the city, copying what some English cities did during those times. In 1976, the company “Tres Cantos S.A.” was created and which regenerated the city. It was the youngest municipality in the Community of Madrid andis one of the company's projects planned on paper. Residential occupation began from 1982.

A separatist party promoted the independence of Tres Cantos, obtaining support from the [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|PSOE]] municipal councillors (with the opposition of the [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]]; PP), and inthus, 1991Tres itCantos wasseceded incorporatedfrom as[[Colmenar Viejo]] in 1991, becoming a separatestandalone municipality.<ref name=plaza /> Despite the opposition to independence from the PP ranks, the newestmunicipality inhas alleventually ofbecome Spaina PP stronghold.<ref name=plaza /> Infrastructure development has continued apace, with a current (2005) 5-year development plan by local government authorities allowing for expansion of up to 60,000 inhabitants. The first mayor of Tres Cantos was Antonio Osuna with an 80% level of support from the population.

A production hub of [[Netflix]] is also found here.

Approximately 20,000 employees from outside of Tres Cantos (predominantly Madrid) commute daily to work in its industrial zones its "Technological Park," home of cutting-edge companies in the aerospace industry, such as [[GMV Innovating Solutions]]. Other multinational corporations with offices and/or production in Tres Cantos are: [[Lucent|Lucent Technologies]], BP Solar, BDF Nivea, Nokia Siemens Networks, Samsonite, Altair, [[Hella (company)|Hella]], Siemens, Dannon, GMV, [[Industrial and Financial Systems|IFS]]. Mostand recently,[[Sener theAeronáutica]]. The once largest cable provider in Spain, SOGECABLE, relocated here. The headquarters of both the [[RACE (automobile association)|Real Automóvil Club de España]] and the {{ill|Centro Español de Metrología|es|lt=Spanish Metrology Centre}} (CEM) are located in Tres Cantos.

Tres Cantos has variety of transport connections. Train transit connects Tres Cantos with thecities district ofas [[Parla]], [[Alcobendas]], [[San Sebastián de los Reyes]], and [[Colmenar viejoViejo]] and [[Madrid]] via C-4 transit.

Buses that connect Tres Cantos to Plaza Castilla in Madrid city are 712, 713, 716, 717, and on the outskirts with lines 721, 722, 724, 725, 726 and 876. Bus that connects Tres Cantos with Colmenar Viejo (the nearest village) is 723. Tres Cantos also connects with Canillejas via Alcobendas and, Autónoma university and airport via the 827 bus.

Night service between Tres Cantos and Madrid are ranrun every hour through the 701 bus, and on the outskirts with the line 702.

Tres Cantos has also local bus routes through the different town districts ran by the L-1, L-2, L-3, L-4 and L-35 (this last one only weekends) buses.

== References ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041127215243/http://www.trescantos.es/callejero/recursos/T_RMINO_MUNICIPAL_jpg.jpg{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}] detailed map of the municipal region]

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