Collado Villalba
Collado Villalba municipality | ||
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Church in Collado Villalba
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coat of arms | Map of Spain | |
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Madrid | |
Coordinates | 40 ° 38 ′ N , 4 ° 0 ′ W | |
Height : | 900 msnm | |
Area : | 26.52 km² | |
Residents : | 63,679 (Jan 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 2,401.17 inh / km² | |
Postal code : | E-28400 | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 28047 | |
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Website : | Collado Villalba |
Collado Villalba is a town and a municipality (municipio) with a total of 63,679 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the northwest of the autonomous region of Madrid ( Spain ).
Location and climate
The city extends on both banks of the Río Guadarrama in the southern foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama about 40 km (driving distance) northwest of Madrid at an altitude of about 870 to 920 m . The climate in winter is cool, whereas in summer it is temperate to warm; Precipitation - sometimes in the form of snow - (approx. 450 mm / year) mainly falls in the winter half-year.
Population development
year | 1857 | 1900 | 1950 | 2000 | 2018 |
Residents | 527 | 1,326 | 3,355 | 42,238 | 63,074 |
The enormous increase in population that has been recorded since the middle of the 20th century is mainly due to the favorable location (proximity to the greater Madrid area, railway and motorway access, etc.) and the increasing tourism within Spain .
economy
Originally, the economic activities were typical of mountain regions: cattle and sheep breeding, beekeeping and granite quarries . In 1950, however, only 20% of the population was employed in agriculture . In the second half of the 20th century, many second homes were built and the community turned into a resort for the summer and weekends; thereby the service sector grew. Today the place is a dormitory city in the greater Madrid area as well as a center of leisure activities in the area of the Sierra de Guadarrama; It is not for nothing that Collado Villalba is called the “capital of the Sierra”. Nevertheless, the atmosphere of a mountain village can still be felt in parts; many gardens on both sides of the Río Guadarrama and quiet shopping streets testify to the still rural character. A little more than 20 minutes' walk from the city center, you are in flat land surrounded by the mountains of the Sierra de Guadarrama.
history
Located in the municipality the remains of a megalithic passage tomb (dolmen Entretérminos) . Celtic , Roman , Visigoth and even Moorish traces are only available in extremely sparse numbers. The area was in the 11./12. Recovered by Christians in the 19th century ( reconquista ) ; then it was repopulated by new settlers ( repoblación ) . In 1455, John II founded the royal county of Manzanares (Condado de Real de Manzanares) here and passed it into the hands of Iñigo López de Mendoza .
Attractions
- The ruined Dolmen de Entretérminos is located about 2 km northwest of the city center ( 44 ° 38 ′ 39 ″ N , 4 ° 1 ′ 10 ″ W ).
- The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Enebral is a building from the 16th / 17th centuries. Century with a south porch supported by monolithic columns ( portico ) .
- The Ermita de Santiago Apóstol , built at the beginning of the 20th century, stands in the middle of the old town.
- The Trinity Church (Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad) is a new building from the 1980s and is located near the train station.
- The old town hall (ayuntamiento) now houses the city library. Immediately next to it is the modern glass building of the new town hall.
- East bank of the Guadarrama River
- The new church of the Iglesia de la Virgen del Camino consists of a round hall and a free-standing tower.
- New architecture shapes the image of the Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (UDIMA).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
- ↑ Collado Villalba - climate tables
- ↑ Collado Villalba - population development
- ↑ Collado Villalba - Church of Nuestra Señora del Enebral