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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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El Espinar at a glance

Distance to a city
Collado Villalba, 23 km away
The nearest city of over 50,000 people (67,274 inhab.)
Segovia, the provincial capital, 28 km away
As the crow flies: further by road.
Population
10,409 inhabitants
INE population register, 2025
Connections and getting around
Bus: 32 stops in the village
Train: El Espinar, 6 km away
Airport: Madrid-Barajas, 64 km away
Stops and stations from OpenStreetMap; distances as the crow flies.
Grants and subsidies
Where to look for them
Regional government website (Castilla y León)
Official grants search (BDNS)
Youth Rent Allowance (Ministry of Housing)
Local work
No offers listed right now
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Housing
Rent: €450/month
Municipal median, 2024
Buying: €1,530/m² (appraised value, provincial average)
Where each figure comes from
Healthcare
3 health centres
3 pharmacies
Education
4 nursery schools
3 primary schools
1 secondary school
Sports facilities
83 in the village
6 pools
Connectivity
Fibre in 96% of homes
4G in 100%
5G in 100%

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Connectivity

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

No data on: 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. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

Housing

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Cost of living

Official figures, each with its source, its year and whether it refers to the village or the province. They are medians and averages: your case may differ.

Cost of living in El Espinar, with the source of each figure
Renting a flat (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for El Espinar · 552 leases€450/month
Renting a house (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for El Espinar€608/month
Buying a home (appraised value)MIVAU, appraised value of private housing · Q2 2026 · figure for the province of Segovia€1,530/m²
Average net household incomeINE, Income Distribution Atlas · 2023 · figure for El Espinar€33,748/year
Petrol 95Ministry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 5 petrol stations within 10 km€1.764/litre
DieselMinistry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 5 petrol stations within 10 km€1.879/litre

Sources: State Housing Rent Index System and appraised housing value (Spanish Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda); Household Income Distribution Atlas (INE); fuel prices (Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition). Open data, reusable with attribution. The set lunch menu and coffee aren't shown: there are no public statistics on those prices by village or by province.

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