Collado Villalba

Collado Villalba
Villalba

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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 (2017)
 • Total 62,152
 • Density 2,345.36/km2 (6,074.5/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)
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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 62,152 (2017), with a population density of 2,345.36 per km². Collado Villalba has a hot summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa).

I.E.S Lázaro Cárdenas of Collado Villalba conducts an annual school to school exchange with Burlington High School in Burlington, Massachusetts. It has been managed by Professor Ramón José García Rubio for over 20 years. 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. I.E.S María Guerrero of the same town have started to make an exchange with the high school Minervaskolan of Umeå, located 600 kilometres north of Stockholm, in Sweden.

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