Colmenarejo

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| image_caption = Colmenarejo's Town Hall

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| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community

| subdivision_name1 = Madrid

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Fernando Juanas

| leader_party = PP

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| elevation_m = 899

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| timezone = CET

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| website = [http://www.ayto-colmenarejo.org/ www.ayto-colmenarejo.org]

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| map_caption = Location of Colmenarejo in Madrid

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File:Ayuntamiento de Colmenarejo.jpg

Colmenarejo ({{IPA|es|kolmenaˈɾexo|lang|Pronunciation of Colmenarejo in Spanish.ogg}}) 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:{{Cite web|url=https://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/opencms/es/elecciones-celebradas/resultados-electorales/|title=Results of municipal elections in Colmenarejo since 1979|date=2023|website=Ministry of the Interior. Government of Spain|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126000344/https://web.archive.org/web/20230126202743/https://infoelectoral.interior.gob.es/opencms/es/elecciones-celebradas/resultados-electorales/|language=es-ES|access-date=16 June 2019|archive-date=2022-11-26|url-status=bot: unknown}}

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Political parties in the Town Hall of Colemnarejo 2023

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| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" colspan=2 | Political parties

| bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | Councillors

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| PP 20px

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| Más Madrid Colmenarejo 20px

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| style="color:inherit;background:#67FF1B" |

| Vox 20px

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| PSOE 20px

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| Partido Local de Colmenarejo (PALCO)

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| Unión y Compromiso Colmenarejo (UYCC)

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= 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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| colspan="8" | File: Escudo de Colmenarejo (Madrid).svg

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|Mayor

|Office started

|Office ended

| colspan="2" | Party affiliation

Benito Elvira García

| align="center" | 1979

| align="center" | 1995

| style="color:inherit;background:#ff0000" |

| align="center" | PSOE 20px

Julio García Elvira

| align="center" | 1995

| align="center" | 1999

| style="color:inherit;background:#1e90ff" |

| align="center" | PP 20px

María Isabel Peces-Barba Martínez

| align="center" | 1999

| align="center" | 2011

| style="color:inherit;background:#E3DFDF" |

| align="center" | APIC (Independent)

Nieves Roses Roses

| align="center" | 2011

| align="center" | 2019

| style="color:inherit;background:#1e90ff" |

| align="center" | PP 20px

Miriam Polo Fernández

| align="center" | 2019

| align="center" | January 2023

| style="color:inherit;background:#ff0000" |

| align="center" | PSOE 20px

Nieves Roses Roses

| align="center" | January 2023

| align="center" | June 2023

| style="color:inherit;background:#1e90ff" |

| align="center" | PP 20px

Fernando Juanas Cerrada

| align="center" | 2023

| align="center" | -

| style="color:inherit;background:#1e90ff" |

| align="center" | PP 20px

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It hosts a campus of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

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