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El Espinar

Mountain village

El Espinar is a Spanish population centre and a municipality located 65 kilometres (40.38 mi) away northwest from Madrid city centre, in the northern slope of the Sistema Central mountain range. It belongs to the province of Segovia and to the autonomous Community of Castile and León. The distance from the city of Segovia is 34 kilometres (21.12 mi).

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According to the 2025 census (INE), the municipality has 10,409 inhabitants, being 5,258 men and 5,151 women.

The municipality has four population centres that are physically separate from one another:

El Espinar.

San Rafael.

La Estación de El Espinar.

Los Ángeles de San Rafael.

The population centre of El Espinar, the oldest and the most populated one, gives the name to the entire local territory and has the municipality hall's headquarters. As of 2024, these 10,145 inhabitants are roughly distributed in the municipality as follows: 50% of population live in El Espinar, 25% in San Rafael, 15% in Los Ángeles de San Rafael and 10% in La Estación de El Espinar.

The municipality is not part of Madrid metropolitan area, but is not far away from it because its outer ring begins just heading 25 kilometres southeast in Collado Villalba. However, the municipality of El Espinar is part of Madrid's functional urban area as more than 15% of the inhabitants commute daily in Madrid.

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Village information

Coat of arms of El Espinar
Province
Segovia
Autonomous community
Castilla y León
Population (INE 2025)
10,409
Altitude
1,196 m
Area (IGN)
207 km²
Postcode
40400
Demonym
espinariegos
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What to see

  1. 1Iglesia de San Eutropio
  2. 2Palacio del Esquileo del Marqués de Perales
  3. 3Ermita del Cristo del Caloco
  4. 4Convento de Santa Isabel
  5. 5Iglesia de San Rafael Arcángel
  6. 6Cascada del Salto de La Trucha
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What to do

  1. 1Hiking: Camino Natural de la Cañada Real Soriana Occidental
  2. 2Monumento Natural de Interés Nacional Peña del Arcipreste de Hita
  3. 3Parque Nacional de la Sierra de Guadarrama
  4. 4MTB: Ruta del Sureste
  5. 5Cycling route: El León
  6. 6Hiking: Camino de Peguerinos
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Photo gallery

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  • 15 places to stayIllustrative photo · Basotxerri · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Accommodation

    15 places to stay in El Espinar

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  • 32 restaurantsIllustrative photo · Jessica Spengler · CC BY 2.0

    Eat

    32 restaurants in El Espinar

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  • 8 experiencesIllustrative photo · Basotxerri · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Experiences

    8 experiences in El Espinar

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Useful information

Everything you need for your visit or your day-to-day

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Town council

    • Phone: 921 18 70 00
    • Official website: www.elespinar.es
    • Website: www.elespinar.org
    • Email: intervencion@aytoelespinar.com

Services and transport

Travelling with your pet

Parks, beaches and places to stay that OpenStreetMap marks as dog-friendly. Many places allow dogs without it being marked: ask when you book.

Education, sport and elderly care

Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes96 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes100 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes100 %

No data on: tourist office, motorhomes, street market.

Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract from October 2026: we count what is mapped within the municipal boundary. "No data" means OpenStreetMap doesn't have it, not that it doesn't exist. Completed with Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): the pharmacies, health centres, petrol stations, banks, cash machines, food shops and schools that OpenStreetMap was missing. Town hall contact details: General Database of Local Entities (Spanish Ministry of Finance); tourist offices: each region's open registry, where it publishes one. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

El Espinar Town Hall

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Where to sleep in El Espinar

15 registered places to stay

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