Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 182.6 km² Local time Thursday 5:39 AM | Demonym(s) Colmenareños Postal code 28770 Population 47,445 (2014) | |
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Comarca Cuenca Alta del Manzanares Weather 9°C, Wind NW at 3 km/h, 58% Humidity | ||
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.
Contents
- Map of 28770 Colmenar Viejo Madrid Spain
- Main sights
- Physical environment
- Festivities
- Twin towns
- References
Map of 28770 Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain
Main sights
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.
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.