Colmenar Viejo

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Colmenar Viejo
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Colmenar Viejo
Colmenar Viejo (Spain)
Coordinates: 40°39′32″N3°45′57″W / 40.65889°N 3.76583°W / 40.65889; -3.76583
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Community Flag of the Community of Madrid.svg  Community of Madrid
Province Madrid
Comarca Cuenca Alta del Manzanares
Government
   Mayor Jorge García Díaz (PP)
Area
  Total182.6 km2 (70.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2018) [1]
  Total49,498
  Density270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Demonym Colmenareños
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
28770

Colmenar Viejo is a town and municipality of about 48,614 inhabitants, [2] located in the Community of Madrid, Spain, 30 kilometers north of Madrid on the M-607 motorway. [3] It belongs to the comarca of Cuenca Alta del Manzanares.

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Main sights

In the town, there are many archeological sites, most of them come from hispanic- visigothic times, with household areas and burials.

Basilica of Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion. ColmenarViejo Basilica Asuncion Nstra Sra View.jpg
Basilica of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción.

The most important tourist attractions places in Colmenar Viejo are:

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. [4]

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.

Climate

Colmenar Viejo has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) with cold winters.

Climate data for Colmenar Viejo, 1982–2010
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Average high °C (°F)8.0
(46.4)
10.0
(50.0)
13.9
(57.0)
15.2
(59.4)
20.0
(68.0)
26.0
(78.8)
30.0
(86.0)
29.7
(85.5)
24.3
(75.7)
17.4
(63.3)
11.7
(53.1)
8.7
(47.7)
17.9
(64.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)4.8
(40.6)
6.3
(43.3)
9.3
(48.7)
10.5
(50.9)
14.8
(58.6)
20.1
(68.2)
23.8
(74.8)
23.6
(74.5)
19.0
(66.2)
13.4
(56.1)
8.3
(46.9)
5.6
(42.1)
13.3
(55.9)
Average low °C (°F)1.6
(34.9)
2.5
(36.5)
4.7
(40.5)
5.7
(42.3)
9.6
(49.3)
14.1
(57.4)
17.4
(63.3)
17.6
(63.7)
13.8
(56.8)
9.4
(48.9)
4.9
(40.8)
2.5
(36.5)
8.6
(47.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)52
(2.0)
41
(1.6)
36
(1.4)
52
(2.0)
57
(2.2)
28
(1.1)
14
(0.6)
16
(0.6)
36
(1.4)
76
(3.0)
78
(3.1)
68
(2.7)
537
(21.1)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm)5.75.35.06.77.63.51.91.84.07.47.27.562.5
Average snowy days3.13.01.40.70.00.00.00.00.00.00.81.911.4
Average relative humidity (%)77706160584840425470757861
Source: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología [5]

Demography

Vertical bar chart Demographic of Colmenar Viejo between 1900 and 2009 [6]
Colmenar Viejo

Cinematography

Estudios Tablada in Madrid used the Dehesa de Navalvillar as a filming location for films such as El Cid , Spartacus , Alexander the Great , For A Few Dollars More , La última aventura, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Conan the Barbarian . [7]

The television series Locked Up (Vis a vis) also commissioned a studio in Colmenar Viejo for most of its filming. [8] Lately, the Netflix series Money Heist and Sky Rojo took several scenes filmed there.

Transport

Bus

Urban lines

  • L-1: Las Adelfillas - Train Station
  • L-2: Remedios Avenue - Train Station

Interurban lines

Train

Colmenar Viejo has a train station in the outskirts of the town, which is the terminal of line C-4 of Cercanías Madrid. From the station, you can go to Tres Cantos in about 8 minutes, to Cantoblanco University in about 15 and to Madrid (Chamartin) in about 23. Since 2011, they used to pass trains to Burgos in Colmenar, but due to a detachment in the Somosierra tunnel, the trains to Burgos no longer pass through here.

Festivities

Twin towns

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