Collado Villalba

Collado Villalba Villalba
Flag Coat of arms
Location in the Community of Madrid, Spain
Coordinates: 40°34′40″N 3°55′40″W / 40.57778°N 3.92778°W / 40.57778; -3.92778
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Community of Madrid
Province	Madrid
Founded
Government
- Mayor
Elevation	903 m (2,963 ft)
Population (2005)
- Total	57 889
- Density	2.184/km2 (5.7/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	28400
Area code(s)	34 (Spain) + 91 (Madrid)
Website	Official website

Collado Villalba is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. It is located 39 kilometres north-west of Madrid the capital city of Spain, at an altitude of 917m above sea level. It has a population density of about 2,184.49 hab./km². The climate of Collado Villalba is Mediterranean-continental.

On December 12th, 2009 it will be the host town of Sebastian's Julefrokost. This is the third such event, having been previously hosted in Crumlin and Ballymun, both areas of Dublin, Ireland, in 2006 & 2008.

I.E.S Lázaro Cárdenas of Collado Villalba conducts an annual School to School Exchange with Woburn Memorial High School in Woburn, MA USA. It has been managed by Professor Ramón José García Rubio for over 20 years.In addition to this school to school exchange, the municipality has been twinned since 1991 with the French city of Bègles, located in the Bordeaux metropolitan area in Southwestern France. I.E.S María Guerrero of the same town have started to make an exchange with the high school Minervaskolan of Umeålocated 600 kilometres on the north of Stockholm, in Sweden

City Council

External links

• Collado Villalba City Council (Spanish)

Coordinates: 40°38′N 4°00′W / 40.633°N 4°W / 40.633; -4