Collado Villalba

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Collado Villalba Villalba
Flag Coat of arms
Location in the Community of Madrid, Spain
Coordinates: 40°38′00″N 4°00′30″W / 40.63333°N 4.00833°W / 40.63333; -4.00833Coordinates: 40°38′00″N 4°00′30″W / 40.63333°N 4.00833°W / 40.63333; -4.00833
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Community of Madrid
Province	Madrid
Area
• Total	26.5 km2 (10.2 sq mi)
Elevation	917 m (3,009 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	63,074
• Density	2,400/km2 (6,200/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Villalbinos/as
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	28400
Area code(s)	34 (Spain) + 91 (Madrid)
Website	Official website

Collado Villalba (Spanish pronunciation: [koˈʎaðo βiˈʎalβa]) is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, in central Spain. It is located 40.3 kilometres north-west of the city of Madrid, 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 Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa).

I.E.S Lázaro Cárdenas of Collado Villalba conducts an annual student exchange program with Burlington High School in Burlington, Massachusetts. It has been managed by Professor for over 20 years. I.E.S María Guerrero has also started an exchange with Minervaskolan High School of Umeå, located 600 kilometres north of Stockholm, in Sweden. In addition to this school-to-school exchange, the municipality has been twinned since 1991 with the French city of Bègles, located in the Bordeaux metropolitan area in Southwestern France.

Public transport[]

Train[]

Collado Villalba has its own train station, which gives service to lines C-3a (Aranjuez - El Escorial - Santa María de la Alameda), C-8 (Guadalajara - Cercedilla) and C-10 (Aeropuerto T-4 - Villalba) of Cercanías Madrid. It also gives service to long distance trains going to Salamanca, Ávila or Valladolid.

Bus[]

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

• 630: Villalba - Galapagar - Colmenarejo - Valdemorillo

• 660: San Lorenzo de El Escorial - Guadarrama - Villalba

• 670: Villalba Hospital - Moralzarzal

• 671: Madrid (Moncloa) - 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

• 684: Madrid (Moncloa) - Guadarrama - Cercedilla

• 685 Majadahonda - Guadarrama

• 687: Madrid (Moncloa) - Villalba (Bus Station)

• 688: Madrid (Moncloa) - Los Molinos

• 691: Madrid (Moncloa) - Becerril de la Sierra - Navacerrada

• 696: Villalba Hospital - Navacerrada

• 720: Colmenar Viejo - Villalba

• 876: Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - 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

See also[]

• Los Negrales

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Collado Villalba.

• Collado Villalba City Council (in Spanish)

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