El Espinar is a Spanish town council located 65 kilometres away 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. According to the 2023 census, El Espinar has 9,814 inhabitants. The town council has four urban districts or settlements that are physically separate from one another: El Espinar, San Rafael, La Estación de El Espinar and Los Ángeles de San Rafael.