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Place in Madrid, Spain
Colmenarejo
Colmenarejo's Town HallColmenarejo's Town Hall
Flag of ColmenarejoFlagCoat of arms
Location of Colmenarejo in MadridLocation of Colmenarejo in Madrid
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityMadrid
Government
 • MayorFernando Juanas (PP)
Area
 • Total31.7 km (12.2 sq mi)
Elevation899 m (2,949 ft)
Population
 • Total9,124
 • Density290/km (750/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitewww.ayto-colmenarejo.org
City Hall

Colmenarejo (Spanish: [kolmenaˈɾexo] ) is a Spanish town and municipality in the Community of Madrid, located in the northwest of the region, in the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama, 899 meters high and 37 kilometers away from the capital. It is bordered to the north by El Escorial, to the east by Galapagar, to the south by Villanueva del Pardillo and to the west by Valdemorillo. Its only road access is the M 510, from Galapagar or from Valdemorillo. It has in its municipality with the east bank of the reservoir of Valmayor, second in capacity of the Region of Madrid, with the third Campus of the University Carlos III of Madrid and with an attractive natural environment, where you can go for walks with a bicycle, within the Regional Park of the middle course of the Guadarrama River and its surroundings, in which stand out the holm oaks and pastures of cattle use dotted with junipers, ash trees and gall oaks.

Municipal politic

Colmenarejo's Town Hall is represented by 13 councillors, elected by universal suffrage every four years. The municipal council is chaired by the mayor and operates in plenary sessions and through commissions.

The current distribution of the councillors, after the municipal elections held in May 2023, is as follows:

Political parties in the Town Hall of Colemnarejo 2023

Political parties Councillors
PP 6
Más Madrid Colmenarejo 2
Vox 2
PSOE 1
Partido Local de Colmenarejo (PALCO) 1
Unión y Compromiso Colmenarejo (UYCC) 1

Mayors of Colmenarejo since Spanish transition

The current mayor is Fernando Juanas Cerrada of the PP who governs in coalition with Partido Local de Colmenarejo (PALCO) and Unión y Compromiso Colmenarejo (UYCC), surpassing the absolute majority.

Mayor Office started Office ended Party affiliation
Benito Elvira García 1979 1995 PSOE
Julio García Elvira 1995 1999 PP
María Isabel Peces-Barba Martínez 1999 2011 APIC (Independient)
Nieves Roses Roses 2011 2019 PP
Miriam Polo Fernández 2019 January 2023 PSOE
Nieves Roses Roses January 2023 June 2023 PP
Fernando Juanas Cerrada 2023 - PP

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It hosts a campus of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

External links

References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. "Results of municipal elections in Colmenarejo since 1979". Ministry of the Interior. Government of Spain (in European Spanish). 2023. Archived from the original on 2022-11-26. Retrieved 16 June 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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