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Galapagar or Colmenarejo
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Between Galapagar and Colmenarejo: purchase price per square metre, 31 €/m² cheaper in Colmenarejo; median rent per the Ministry (SERPAVI, flats), 13.33 €/month cheaper in Galapagar; minutes by car to Sol, 2 min less from Galapagar.
| Figure | Galapagar | Colmenarejo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purchase price per square metre latest 12 months available 31 €/m² cheaper in Colmenarejo | 2,350 €/m² | 2,319 €/m² | 31 €/m² cheaper in Colmenarejo |
| Median rent per the Ministry (SERPAVI, flats) 2024 13.33 €/month cheaper in Galapagar | 636.67 €/month | 650 €/month | 13.33 €/month cheaper in Galapagar |
| Average net household income 2023 367 €/year more in Colmenarejo | 49,504 €/year | 49,871 €/year | 367 €/year more in Colmenarejo |
| Property tax (IBI) rate tax year 2026 | 0.51 % | 0.52 % | |
| Residents with a foreign nationality 1 January 2025 | 16.7 % | 12.3 % | |
| Registered residents 1 January 2025 27,118 people more in Galapagar | 36,758 people | 9,640 people | 27,118 people more in Galapagar |
| Minutes by car to Sol OpenStreetMap extract of 2026-10-12 2 min less from Galapagar | 35 min | 37 min | 2 min less from Galapagar |
| Minutes by car to Nuevos Ministerios OpenStreetMap extract of 2026-10-12 3 min less from Galapagar | 32 min | 35 min | 3 min less from Galapagar |
| Foreign schools in the town directory 2026-05-05 1 centre more in Colmenarejo | 0 centres | 1 centre | 1 centre more in Colmenarejo |
| Nearest foreign school (as the crow flies) directory 2026-05-05 1 km more in Galapagar | 2 km | 1 km | 1 km more in Galapagar |
| Nearest acute-care hospital (as the crow flies) National Hospital Catalogue 2025 (as of 31/12/2024) 2 km more in Colmenarejo | 7 km | 9 km | 2 km more in Colmenarejo |
| Health centres in the town layer in force on the reading date Same | 1 centre | 1 centre | Same |
| Flood risk INUNCAM, Anexo XII (BOCM 2021-04-30) | mandatory action plan | plan de actuación recomendable | |
| Wildfire risk Decreto 59/2017 (BOCM 2017-06-09) | alto | alto | |
| Rent-cap (tensioned) zone BOE of 29/07/2026 | none declared | none declared | |
| Tourist dwellings advertised on platforms (INE experimental estimate) May 2026 41 homes more in Galapagar | 46 homes | 5 homes | 41 homes more in Galapagar |
| Tourist-flat activity declarations filed 2026-09-11 1 declarations more in Colmenarejo | 0 declarations | 1 declarations | 1 declarations more in Colmenarejo |
| Municipal capital-gains tax (plusvalía): top rate tax year 2026 | 15 % | 25 % | |
| ICIO: construction tax rate tax year 2026 | 3.5 % | 3.4 % | |
| Average cadastral value of a home Cadastre urban statistics 2026 6,703 € more in Galapagar | 117,580 € | 110,877 € | 6,703 € more in Galapagar |
- Datos procedentes del Portal Estadístico del Notariado (https://penotariado.com/inmobiliario/), titularidad del Consejo General del Notariado y gestionado por el Centro Tecnológico del Notariado.
- Ministerio de Vivienda y Agenda Urbana, SERPAVI
- INE, Atlas de Distribución de Renta de los Hogares
- Ministerio de Hacienda, Información impositiva municipal
- INE, Censo anual de población (porcentaje calculado por Verithic)
- INE, Padrón municipal
- OpenStreetMap (ODbL) + own OSRM, by car, no live traffic
- Comunidad de Madrid, Centros educativos de la Comunidad de Madrid (directorio; tipo «Centro docente extranjero en España», situación ALTA)
- Ministerio de Sanidad, Catálogo Nacional de Hospitales 2025 (a 31/12/2024)
- Comunidad de Madrid, IDEM, Centros_de_Salud
- Comunidad de Madrid, Plan Especial de Protección Civil ante Inundaciones (INUNCAM), Anexo XII (municipios que deben / es recomendable que elaboren plan de actuación municipal), según corrección de errores publicada en el BOCM de 30/4/2021
- Comunidad de Madrid, Decreto 59/2017, de 6 de junio (BOCM n.º 136, 9/6/2017): Plan Especial de Protección Civil de Emergencia por Incendios Forestales (INFOMA), Anexo I, apartado 3: Zonas de Alto Riesgo de incendio forestal (ZAR), págs. 51-53 del BOCM
- BOE, declaraciones de zona tensionada (Ley 12/2023)
- INE, Estadística experimental: medición del número de viviendas turísticas en España y su capacidad (tabla 39363)
- Comunidad de Madrid, Declaraciones responsables de actividad de viviendas de uso turístico de la Comunidad de Madrid presentadas
- Dirección General del Catastro, estadística del Catastro urbano
- read 12 Oct 2026
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