Colmenar Viejo

Not to be confused with Colmenar, Málaga.

Colmenar Viejo
—  Municipality  —
Hermitage of Santa Ana.
Coat of arms
Colmenar Viejo Location in Spain
Coordinates: 40°39′32″N 3°45′57″W / 40.65889°N 3.76583°W / 40.65889; -3.76583Coordinates: 40°39′32″N 3°45′57″W / 40.65889°N 3.76583°W / 40.65889; -3.76583
Country	Spain
Community	Community of Madrid
Province	Madrid
Comarca	Comarca Alta del Manzanares
Government
– Mayor	Miguel Ángel Santamaría Novoa
Area
– Total	182.6 km2 (70.5 sq mi)
Population (2010)
– Total	44,427
– Density	243.3/km2 (630.2/sq mi)
Demonym	Colmenareños
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	28770

Colmenar Viejo is a town of about 44,000 inhabitants, located in the Community of Madrid, Spain, 30 kilometers north of Madrid on the M-607 motorway.

Main sights

Basilica of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción.

The most important tourist attractions places in Colmenar Viejo are:

• Basilica de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
• Ermita de Remedios, saint of the town
• Visigothic archaeological tombs

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, commemorating the villages endorsement by Ferdinand II of Aragon, November 22

Twin towns

• Colleferro, Italy
• Suresnes, France

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Colmenar Viejo in the 1785 map of New Castile
• Colmenar Viejo bird eye