Tres Cantos is a township and municipality located in the autonomous community of Madrid, Spain, some 22 km north of the capital city, Madrid. As a "satellite city" of Madrid which was conceived by urban planners as recently as the 1970s, it is the youngest incorporated municipality in Spain, with a population (2012 National Statistics figures) of approximately 41,065. Tres Cantos was the Spanish bid host city for the 2018 Ryder Cup.