Colmenarejo

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Colmenarejo
Colmenarejo's Town Hall
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Colmenarejo in Madrid
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Madrid
Government
• Mayor	Fernando Juanas (PP)
Area
• Total	31.7 km2 (12.2 sq mi)
Elevation	899 m (2,949 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	9,124
• Density	290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	www.ayto-colmenarejo.org

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.