Brunete (Spanish pronunciation: [bɾuˈnete]) is a town located on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, with a population of 10,730 people.

Brunete remained in the deep rear of the front, in the summer established in Sierra de Guadarrama, some 20 km to the north.

Division approached the city in mid-October 1936, and on 18 October the Republican government declared Brunete within zona de guerra.

[4] In the summer of 1937 the Republican general staff prepared a diversionary offensive; it was intended to make Franco shift some of his troops from Cantabria and assist the defenders of Santander.

[6] For the remainder of the war the city remained under the Nationalist control in the rear of the frontline, some 10 km from combat positions at the outskirts of Madrid.