Colmenarejo
municipality of Spain
Colmenarejo (Spanish: [kolmenaˈɾexo] ) 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:
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.
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It hosts a campus of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
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