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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).
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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Where to eat
We don't have verified restaurants here yet, but the larder of Castilla y León already says a lot.
See the restaurants on the mapWe haven't verified any table with its owner in El Espinar yet. In the meantime, these are the restaurants mapped in the surrounding area.
Up to 30 km around, according to OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps. No ratings or prices: call before you go.
120 restaurants
120 restaurants
Espinar (El) · in the village+34 921 181 662View on the map
Espinar (El) · in the village+34 641 136 664View on the map
Espinar (El) · in the village+34 921 488 956View on the mapWebsite
El Espinar · in the village+34 921 182 360View on the mapWebsite
El Espinar · in the village+34 921 182 339View on the mapWebsite
Espinar (El) · in the village+34 921 181 737View on the map
Espinar (El) · in the village+34 921 171 582View on the mapWebsite
Espinar (El) · in the village+34 921 171 790View on the mapWebsite
Espinar (El) · in the village+34 921 476 306View on the mapWebsite
Espinar (El) · in the village+34 609 434 758View on the map
Espinar (El) · in the village+34 921 172 031View on the mapWebsite
Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL) and Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): what has been mapped with its name. If your restaurant is missing or you want to manage it, sign up as a professional.
For a coffee, a drink or a bite in the village.
Data from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). No opening hours: call before you go.
What people eat in Castilla y León when they eat well.
Suckling lamb in a wood-fired oven, with salad and local red wine.
Rice and onion, griddled until crisp.
Hard-paste Castilian cured cheese; with candeal bread and a young red.
Ribera, Toro, Bierzo: several serious wine appellations in the region.
Almost every village has its market day and its producers: the cheesemaker, the baker, the vegetable garden next door. Ask at the tourist office or the bar on the square; they'll tell you where to buy straight from the maker.
We haven't confirmed El Espinar's market day. Every village has its own: better to ask than to make it up.
Data from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). No opening hours: call before you go.
