Colmenar Viejo
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| General Information | |
| Autonomous community: | Madrid |
| Province: | Madrid |
| Postal code: | 28770 |
| Area code: | 34 (Spain) + 91 (Madrid) |
| Homepage: | www.colmenarviejo.es |
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| Map: Colmenar Viejo in the community | |
| Politics | |
| Mayor | Jose Maria de Federico (PP) |
| Population | |
| Population: | 39579 (2005) |
| Population density: | 216 inh/km² |
| Geography | |
| Area: | 183 km² |
| Location: | 40º 40' n. 3º 46' w. |
| Altitude | 800 m |
Colmenar Viejo is a town of about 40,000 inhabitants, located in the autonomous community of Madrid, Spain, 30 kilometers north of Madrid by the autovía (expressway) M-607.
[edit] Tourism
The most important turistic places in Colmenar Viejo are:
- Basilica de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
- Ermita de Remedios, saint of the town
- Visigothic arqueological tombs
[edit] 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, conmemoring the village endorsement by Fernando el Católico, November 22
