Where is Colmenar de Oreja located?

Colmenar de Oreja is located in the Community of Madrid, one of Spain's 17 autonomous communities. It sits at coordinates 40.109°N latitude and 3.387°W longitude, placing it in the central region of the Iberian Peninsula.

What type of administrative entity is Colmenar de Oreja?

Colmenar de Oreja is classified as a municipality of Spain, which is an administrative territorial entity. The municipal system in Spain was formalized in 1842, and municipalities are the lowest level of administrative division in the country, governed by local councils.

What is the relationship between Colmenar de Oreja and the Community of Madrid?

Colmenar de Oreja belongs to the Community of Madrid, an autonomous community of Spain that was officially established in 1983. The Community of Madrid is one of Spain's 17 autonomous communities and contains the capital city of Spain, Madrid. Colmenar de Oreja is one of the municipalities within this autonomous community.

What country is Colmenar de Oreja located in?

Colmenar de Oreja is located in Spain, a sovereign state and country situated primarily in Southwestern Europe, with territories in Africa. Spain is organized as a parliamentary monarchy under the official name Kingdom of Spain and is a member of the European Union, NATO, and the United Nations.

What is the population of Colmenar de Oreja?

Historical population data for Colmenar de Oreja shows variation across different census years, with figures ranging from approximately 5,452 to 9,127 residents. The population has fluctuated over time, reflecting broader demographic trends in rural and semi-urban municipalities in the Madrid region.

Colmenar de Oreja

human settlement in Spain

Place Municipality Of Spain Q686674

Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of: municipality of Spain
Official website: aytocdo.com^[23]
Official name: Colmenar de Oreja^[39]

Location

Country: Spain^[3]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 40.109°, -3.387°
Continent: Europe^[5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Community of Madrid^[2]
Shares border with: Chinchón, Villaconejos, Valdelaguna, Belmonte de Tajo, Villarejo de Salvanés, Villarrubia de Santiago, San Fernando de Henares , Madrid, Ontígola, Ocaña, Aranjuez^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]

Population and size

Area: +126.3^[43]
Elevation above sea level: +761^[42]
Female population: +3980^[40]
Male population: +4052^[41]
Population: 9.1k (5.5k–9.1k, n=24)^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]^[33]^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]

Codes

Postal code: 28380^[17]

More facts +6

Part of: Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item^[18]^[19]^[20]
Capital: Colmenar de Oreja^[6]
Head of government: Francisco José García Paredes^[4]
Office held by the head of government: mayor of Colmenar de Oreja^[38]
Significant event: Siege of Oreja^[22]
Vehicle registration plate code: M^[21]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 17

VIAF cluster ID: 135019575
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n93073263
GND ID: 4572922-0
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Colmenar de Oreja (27311303821).jpg ↗
FactGrid item ID: Eboue
Freebase ID: /m/06w53s2
GeoNames ID: 6359269
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: colmenar-de-oreja
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0264277
INE code: 28043
INSPIRE ID: ES.IGN.BDDAE.34132828043
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX452885

Show all 17 identifiers +5

OpenStreetMap relation ID: 346990
RKD thesaurus ID: 7064
Topic's main category: Category:Colmenar de Oreja
WOEID: 757867
Who's on First ID: 101777015

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🔗 Connections

Shares border with 10

Aranjuez, Chinchón, Ocaña, Belmonte de Tajo, Valdelaguna, Villarejo de Salvanés, Villarrubia de Santiago, Ontígola +2 more

← Shares border with 10

Aranjuez, Chinchón, Ocaña, Belmonte de Tajo, Valdelaguna, Villarejo de Salvanés, Villarrubia de Santiago, Ontígola +2 more

Located in time zone 2

UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00

People born here 2

Ulpiano Checa, Isidoro Arredondo

Continent 1

Europe

Country 1

Spain

FactGrid item ID 1

Eboue

Instance of 1

municipality of Spain

Located in the administrative territorial entity 1

Community of Madrid

People who died here 1

Gaetano Brunetti

← Place of burial 1

Ulpiano Checa

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Summary

Colmenar de Oreja is a municipality of Spain^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[4] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — head of government (P6): Francisco José García Paredes. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — country (P17): Spain. Nomenclátor Geográfico de Municipios y Entidades de Población (20240402 edition). wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — continent (P30): Europe. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — capital (P36): Colmenar de Oreja. Nomenclátor Geográfico de Municipios y Entidades de Población (20240402 edition). wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — shares border with (P47): Chinchón. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — shares border with (P47): Villaconejos. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — shares border with (P47): Valdelaguna. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — shares border with (P47): Belmonte de Tajo. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — shares border with (P47): Villarejo de Salvanés. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — shares border with (P47): Villarrubia de Santiago. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — shares border with (P47): Noblejas. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — shares border with (P47): Ontígola. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — shares border with (P47): Ocaña. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — shares border with (P47): Aranjuez. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Community of Madrid. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — postal code (P281): 28380. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — part of (P361): Q107556187. Register of Local Entities. Retrieved 2021-07-16. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — part of (P361): Q107556190. Register of Local Entities. Retrieved 2021-07-16. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — part of (P361): Q107556221. Register of Local Entities. Retrieved 2021-07-16. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — licence plate code (P395): M. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — significant event (P793): Siege of Oreja. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — official website (P856): https://aytocdo.com/. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — population (P1082): 8424. Municipal Register of Spain 2013. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — population (P1082): 8432. Municipal Register of Spain 2012. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — population (P1082): 8378. Municipal Register of Spain 2011. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — population (P1082): 8397. Municipal Register of Spain 2010. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — population (P1082): 8357. Municipal Register of Spain 2009. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — population (P1082): 8127. Municipal Register of Spain 2008. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — population (P1082): 7656. Municipal Register of Spain 2007. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — population (P1082): 7247. Municipal Register of Spain 2006. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — population (P1082): 6898. Municipal Register of Spain 2005. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — population (P1082): 6637. Municipal Register of Spain 2004. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — population (P1082): 5452. Municipal Register of Spain 2002. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — population (P1082): 5548. Municipal Register of Spain 2001. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — population (P1082): 8409. Municipal Register of Spain 2014. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — population (P1082): 8071. Municipal Register of Spain 2015. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — office held by head of government (P1313): mayor of Colmenar de Oreja. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — official name (P1448): Colmenar de Oreja. List of Municipalities and their Codes by Provinces as of January 1, 2019. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — female population (P1539): 3980. ine.es. ine.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — male population (P1540): 4052. ine.es. ine.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — elevation above sea level (P2044): 761 m. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja — area (P2046): 126.3 km². wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Colmenar de Oreja is an instance of municipality of Spain (Q2074737) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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