Villar del Olmo

Villar del Olmo municipality
Villar del Olmo - Town Hall (ayuntamiento)
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Madrid
Comarca :	Comarca de Las Vegas
Coordinates	40 ° 20 ′  N , 3 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 20 ′  N , 3 ° 14 ′  W
Height :	675  msnm
Area :	27.62 km²
Residents :	2,011 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	72.81 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	28512
Municipality number  ( INE ):	28179
administration
Website :	Villar del Olmo

Villar del Olmo is a small town and a municipality with 2,011 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the east of the autonomous community of Madrid . The municipality belongs to the cultural landscape of the Alcarria .

Location and climate

The place Villar del Olmo is on the brook (arroyo) Vega a good 49 km southwest of the Spanish capital Madrid ; to the north borders the municipality of Nuevo Baztán . The climate in winter is temperate, while in summer it is warm to hot; the rather low amounts of precipitation (approx. 450 mm / year) fall - with the exception of the almost rainless summer months - distributed over the whole year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2001	2019
Residents	571	555	594	1,427	2.011

Because of its relative proximity to the greater Madrid area, the population of the municipality has grown significantly since the 1990s.

economy

The community is still largely agricultural. Day tourism also plays an economic role.

history

Little is known about the early history of the area; Celtic , Roman , Visigoth and even Islamic-Moorish traces are missing. The place was probably only after the recapture ( reconquista ) of Toledo (1085) and Alcalá (1118) in connection with the policy of repopulation ( repoblación ) founded. In 1561 the place received city ​​rights (villazgo) .

Worth seeing

• The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Antigua is a single-nave - originally perhaps built in the 13th century - in the 16th / 17th century. However, newly century church with a transept (transept) and an unexposed cupola . Inside there is a late baroque altarpiece (retablo) .
• There are 4 fountains (fuentes) distributed over the urban area .

Surroundings

• There are numerous caves with important prehistoric sites in Mount Peña Rondán .

Festivals

The following festivals are celebrated every year:

• Santa Águeda , ( Agatha of Catania ) on February 5th
• San Isidro , ( patrón ), ( Isidore of Madrid ) on May 15th
• Nuestra Señora de la Soledad (Patronage Festival), on September 15th

Web links

Commons : Villar del Olmo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Villar de Olmo, sights - photo + information (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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).
2. ↑ Villar del Olmo / Madrid - climate tables
3. ^ Villar del Olmo - population development
4. ^ Villar del Olmo - History
5. ↑ Villar del Olmo - Church