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Humans likely lived in this area during the Paleolithic and Bronze Ages (Casas del Cerro). Loranca, Albas, and Fregacedos are believed to be among the settlements that existed during the Upper Middle Ages in the current municipal area.

According to some estimates, Fuenlabrada was founded around the middle of the 14th century by residents of nearby Loranca, Albas, and Fregacedos villages, which were simultaneously depopulated. During Philip II’s reign, during the Topographic Relations of Philip II, the first mention of Fuenlabrada, which was part of the Land of Madrid at the beginning of the 16th century, appeared in the Topographic Relations of Philip II. During the second half of the 18th century, a quarter of the village’s population disappeared.

While agriculture continued to dominate the economy, rosquillas and buns made in the municipality became renowned among the surrounding towns by the end of the 19th century. In the 1940s and 1950s, the General Directorate of Devastated Regions completed some building works in Fuenlabrada following the 1936-1939 Civil War, which caused severe damage to some parts.

From 1970 to 1980, the population grew by 65,181, Spain’s most significant relative increase, from 7,369 to 65,181. During the following decades, demographic growth continued.

It has been a stronghold of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) since the 1979 municipal elections and is part of the “red belt” of Madrid.