Colmenar Viejo
| Colmenar Viejo | ||
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| Municipality | ||
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Hermitage of Santa Ana. | ||
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  Colmenar Viejo Location in Spain | ||
| Coordinates: 40°39′32″N 3°45′57″W / 40.65889°N 3.76583°W | ||
| Country |
 Spain | |
| Community | Community of Madrid | |
| Province | Madrid | |
| Comarca | Cuenca Alta del Manzanares | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Miguel Ángel Santamaría Novoa (PP) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 182.6 km2 (70.5 sq mi) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 44,427 | |
| • Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Colmenareños | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 28770 | |
Colmenar Viejo is a town and municipality of about 44,000 inhabitants, located in the Community of Madrid, Spain, 30 kilometers north of Madrid on the M-607 motorway. It belongs to the comarca of Cuenca Alta del Manzanares.
Main sights
The most important tourist attractions places in Colmenar Viejo are:
- Basilica de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
- Ermita de Remedios, saint of the town
- Visigothic archaeological tombs
Physical environment
Colmenar Viejo's municipality has a size of 182.6 square kilometres (70.5 square miles), the third largest in the province of Madrid, after Madrid and Aranjuez.
Traditional granite mining has been changing Colmenar Viejo's landscape. As a result of livestock farming, mainly cow and horse cattle, grassland has been taking a main role.
A large part of land under Colmenar Viejo's jurisdiction is inside of the Parque regional de la Cuenca Alta del Manzanares (Manzanares Upper Basin Regional Park), causing that land to be under a high protection environmental level. The Navalvillar Grassland is protected by the municipality and, albeit it does not belong to the Park, it is quite rich in flora and fauna.
Festivities
- Fiesta de la Vaquilla, February 2
- Fiesta de la Maya, May 2
- Festivities in honour of the Virgen of Remedios, last weekend of August
- Day of Colmenar Viejo, commemorating the villages endorsement by Ferdinand II of Aragon, November 22
Twin towns
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