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Colmenar Viejo

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Colmenar Viejo
Hermitage o Santa Ana.
Hermitage o Santa Ana.
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Colmenar Viejo is located in Spain
Colmenar Viejo
Colmenar Viejo
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 40°39′32″N 3°45′57″W / 40.65889°N 3.76583°W / 40.65889; -3.76583
Kintra Spain
CommontyCommonty o Madrid
ProvinceMadrid
ComarcaComarca Alta del Manzanares
Govrenment
 • MayorMiguel Ángel Santamaría Novoa
Area
 • Total182.6 km2 (70.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total44,427
 • Density240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Colmenareños
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
28770

Colmenar Viejo is a toun an municipality o aboot 44,000 inhabitants, locatit in the Commonty o Madrid, Spain, 30 kilometres north o Madrid on the M-607 motorwey. It belangs tae the comarca o Cuenca Alta del Manzanares.

Main sichts

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Basilica o Nuestra Señora de la Asunción.

The maist important tourist attractions places in Colmenar Viejo are:

Festivities

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  • Fiesta de la Vaquilla, 2 Februar
  • Fiesta de la Maya, 2 Mey
  • Festivities in honour o the Virgen o Remedios, last weekend o August
  • Day o Colmenar Viejo, commemoratin the veelages endorsement bi Ferdinand II o Aragon, 22 November

Twin touns

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Freemit airtins

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