Collado Villalba () is a municipality of the

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, in central

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. It is located 40.3 kilometres north-west of the city of

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, at an altitude of 917 meters above sea level. It has a population of 63,679 (2019), with a population density of about 2,400 per km². Collado Villalba has a hot summer

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(

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''Csa''). I.E.S Lázaro Cárdenas of Collado Villalba conducts an annual

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with Burlington High School in

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. It has been managed by Professor Ramón José García Rubio for over 20 years. I.E.S María Guerrero has also started an exchange with Minervaskolan High School of

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, located 600 kilometres north of

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, in

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. In addition to this school-to-school exchange, the municipality has been twinned since 1991 with the French city of

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, located in the

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Biblioteca municipal de Collado Villalba

Public transport

Train

Collado Villalba has its own train station, which gives service to lines C-3a (

Aranjuez Aranjuez () is a city and municipality of Spain, part of the Community of Madrid. Located in the southern end of the region, the main urban nucleus lies on the left bank of Tagus, a bit upstream the discharge of the Jarama. , the municipality h ...

El Escorial El Escorial, or the Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial ( es, Monasterio y Sitio de El Escorial en Madrid), or Monasterio del Escorial (), is a historical residence of the King of Spain located in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, u ...

- Santa María de la Alameda), C-8 (

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- Cercedilla) and C-10 ( Aeropuerto T-4 - Villalba) of

Cercanías Madrid Cercanías Madrid is the commuter rail service that serves Madrid, the capital of Spain, and its metropolitan area. It is operated by Cercanías Renfe, the commuter rail division of Renfe, the former monopoly of rail services in Spain. Its to ...

. It also gives service to long distance trains going to

Salamanca Salamanca () is a city in western Spain and is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on several rolling hills by the Tormes River. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritag ...

Ávila Ávila (, , ) is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of Ávila. It lies on the right bank of the Adaja river. Located more than 1,130 m abov ...

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Bus

Collado Villalba has many bus lines, most of them connecting the town with

. * 630: Villalba -

Galapagar Galapagar is a town and municipality northwest of Madrid, Spain, situated in the autonomous community of the Community of Madrid. Of all the towns in the area, it was experiencing the most growth, mostly because of immigration and the conversion ...

- Colmenarejo - Valdemorillo * 660:

San Lorenzo de El Escorial San Lorenzo de El Escorial, also known as El Escorial de Arriba, is a town and municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain, located to the northwest of the region in the southeastern side of the Sierra de Guadarrama, at the foot of Mount ...

Guadarrama Guadarrama is a town and municipality in the Cuenca del Guadarrama comarca, in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Its population is 13,032 (winter, according to a 2006 census); the population swells to approximately 60,000 in summer. Its name co ...

- Villalba * 670: Villalba Hospital - Moralzarzal * 671: Madrid (

Moncloa Moncloa-Aravaca is a district of the municipality of Madrid, Spain. It is located to the northwest of the city centre, spanning across both banks of the Manzanares. It is made up of the neighborhoods of Aravaca, Argüelles, Casa de Campo, Ciud ...

) - Moralzarzal * 672: Madrid (Moncloa) - Cerceda (through Mataelpino) * 672a: Madrid (Moncloa) - Cerceda * 673: Madrid (Moncloa) - Villalba * 680: Alpedrete - Villalba Hospital * 681: Madrid (Moncloa) - Alpedrete * 682: Madrid (Moncloa) - Guadarrama * 683 Madrid (Moncloa) -

Collado Mediano Collado Mediano is a town and municipality in the north-west of the Community of Madrid, Spain. It had a population of 6,610 in 2011 and is located 48 km from Madrid. The municipality covers an area of 22.57 km2. Located near the Sierra ...

* 684: Madrid (Moncloa) - Guadarrama - Cercedilla * 685

Majadahonda Majadahonda () is a municipality in Spain, situated northwest of Madrid, in the Community of Madrid. It lies alongside the motorway A6 Madrid-A Coruña. The Puerta de Hierro university (public) hospital was relocated to Majadahonda from the wes ...

- Guadarrama * 687: Madrid (Moncloa) - Villalba (Bus Station) * 688: Madrid (Moncloa) - Los Molinos * 691: Madrid (Moncloa) -

Becerril de la Sierra Becerril de la Sierra () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality of the autonomous community of Community of Madrid, Madrid in central Spain. Bus * 690: Guadarrama - Collado Mediano - Navacerrada * 691: Madrid (Moncloa) - Becerril - Nava ...

- Navacerrada * 696: Villalba Hospital - Navacerrada * 720:

Colmenar Viejo Colmenar Viejo is a town and municipality of about 48,614 inhabitants, located in the Community of Madrid, Spain, 30 kilometers north of Madrid on the M-607 motorway. It belongs to the comarca of Cuenca Alta del Manzanares. Main sights In the ...

- Villalba * 876: Madrid (

Plaza de Castilla The Plaza de Castilla ( en, "Castile Square") is a roundabout in the north of Madrid, Spain. Location It is located in the north of the city and is bisected by Paseo de la Castellana, one of the main thoroughfares of the capital, almost at its ...

) - Moralzarzal - Villalba * Night bus line 602: Madrid (Moncloa) - Villalba * Night bus line 603: Madrid (Moncloa) - Moralzarzal * Urban line 1: Train Station - Parque de La Coruña - City Center - Urbanizaciones * Urban line 2 (circular): Train Station - Parque de La Coruña - Health Center - Los Negrales - Train Station * Urban line 3: Train Station - El Gorronal - Villalba Hospital * Urban line 4: Train Station - Parque de La Coruña - City Center * Urban line 6: Train Station - Cantos Altos - City Center - Arroyo Arriba

External links

Collado Villalba City Council

References

Municipalities in the Community of Madrid {{Madrid-geo-stub

Public transport

Train

Bus

See also

External links

References