Colmenarejo () 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.
Municipal politic Colmenarejo's Town Hall is represented by 13 councillors, elected by universal suffrage every four years. The municipal council is chaired by the mayor and operates in plenary sessions and through commissions.
The current distribution of the councillors, after the municipal elections held in May 2023, is as follows:
Political parties in the Town Hall of Colemnarejo 2023 Political parties Councillors PP Más Madrid Colmenarejo Vox PSOE Partido Local de Colmenarejo (PALCO) Unión y Compromiso Colmenarejo (UYCC)
Mayors of Colmenarejo since Spanish transition The current mayor is Fernando Juanas Cerrada of the PP who governs in coalition with Partido Local de Colmenarejo (PALCO) and Unión y Compromiso Colmenarejo (UYCC), surpassing the absolute majority.
MayorOffice startedOffice ended Party affiliation Benito Elvira García 1979 1995 PSOE Julio García Elvira 1995 1999 PP María Isabel Peces-Barba Martínez 1999 2011 APIC (Independent) Nieves Roses Roses 2011 2019 PP Miriam Polo Fernández 2019 January 2023 PSOE Nieves Roses Roses January 2023 June 2023 PP Fernando Juanas Cerrada 2023 - PP
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It hosts a campus of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
External links
The official site of the city
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