| Guadarrama | |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain#Spain Community of Madrid |
| Subdivision Type2: | Comarca |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cuenca del Guadarrama |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Guadarrama |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Diosdado Soto Pérez[1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 56.98 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Total: | 17063 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Demonym: | guadarrameño, -ña |
| Coordinates: | 40.6728°N -4.0889°W |
| Elevation M: | 981 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Patron saint |
| Website: | Guadarrama's Town Council |
Guadarrama is a town and municipality in the Cuenca del Guadarrama comarca, in the Community of Madrid, Spain.
Its population is 17,063 according to the Continuous Register of 2023;[2] the population swells to approximately 60,000 in summer. In the 2023 Spanish general election, for the Congress of Spain the residents voted 41.29% for the People's Party, 24.54% for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, and 19.45% voted for Vox.[3]
Its name comes from Arabic Wadi-l-ramla river (the sandy river).[4]
Guadarrama achieved the status of "villa" under Fernando V of Castile (II of Aragon) on November 22, 1504. Fernando VI ordered the building of a road to A Coruña through the Guadarrama Pass, through which passed the French: [[Grande Armée]] with Napoleon searching for John Moore's Army in 1808.
This town was absolutely destroyed during the Spanish Civil War, as it was for almost three years a battlefront. All one can see in this town today is new, built in the mid-20th century.
It was the location for some scenes in the 1964 film The Fall of the Roman Empire.
It is close to Sierra de Guadarrama, a mountain range that is visited by Madrid residents seeking cooler temperatures, especially in summer.