Colmenar Viejo

A Segovian puebla in dispute

According to the Town Council, around 1236 Segovia founded the pueblas of Manzanares and Colmenar to secure its rights over the area, in the pasture conflict with Madrid. Alfonso X withdrew the disputed territory from both councils and it came directly under the Crown as the Real de Manzanares.

The Mendozas and independence

On 1 November 1383 John I granted the Real de Manzanares to Pedro González de Mendoza, and in 1445 Iñigo López de Mendoza received the title of Count of the Real de Manzanares. On 22 November 1504 Colmenar achieved jurisdictional separation from Manzanares, and in 1594 it was granted the privilege of town status, in which it appears as a "fat and populous place".

Zenith and decline

The 16th century was the peak of its population growth: the 1594 census gives it more than 1,500 households. In the 17th century the population fell almost continuously until the final decades, when it recovered.

What it means for buyers and sellers

• In July 2026 it is the 9th of the 32 municipalities analysed by median closing price.
• It is a municipal median: compare homes in the same neighbourhood and of the same type.

Source for the historical context: Colmenar Viejo Town Council (historical evolution).

Data and statistics

Colmenar Viejo is a municipality in the Community of Madrid. According to the Community of Madrid's statistical tables, it covers 182.97 km² and lies 33 km by road from the capital. The INE's official population figures give 58,730 registered inhabitants for 2025.

In July 2026, the median price of completed sales in the municipality of Colmenar Viejo was €3,731/m². Since January (€2,904/m²), the figure rose in 3 months and fell in 3 of the 6 that can be compared: the path is uneven.

July is the highest of the 2026 figures published (€3,731/m²); the lowest is February (€2,803/m²).

The report publishes a year-on-year change of +34.0% and a year-to-date change of +28.5%, with €2,784/m² in July 2025 as the prior-year starting point. They compare medians of different transactions in each period, not the change in value of the same home.

For reference, the July figure is above the one published for the province as a whole (€3,618/m²). These are medians for each area, not averages of the areas they contain.

This guide describes the figure for the area, not an individual home: valuing a property requires comparing similar homes. The report does not say how many transactions underlie each territorial median.

Territorial context: Community of Madrid and National Statistics Institute (INE) (land area of the municipalities (Regional Geographic Information Centre, Community of Madrid); road distance to the capital (Directorate-General for Economy and Industry, Community of Madrid); official population figures, Madrid: population by municipality and sex (INE)), accessed 2 November 2026. Official information, separate from the Huspy statistics.

Source of the statistics: Huspy Market Insights · Madrid, October 2026 edition. Completed sales, median in €/m²; not asking or rental prices. The edition date is not the data date.