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Mowing meadows in Cantabria. On the Cantabrian coast, dispersed settlements predominate. It is often referred to as Green Spain (a direct translation into English of the Spanish España Verde) because its wet and temperate oceanic climate helps lush pastures and forests thrive, providing a landscape similar to that of Ireland, Great Britain, and the west coast of France.
Potes is a municipality in the autonomous community of Cantabria in Spain. It is the capital of the Comarca of Liébana and is located in the centre of it. It is bordered to the north by Cillorigo de Liébana, to the west by Camaleño, to the south by Vega de Liébana and to the east by Cabezón de Liébana.
Santander (UK: / ˌ s æ n t ən ˈ d ɛər,-t æ n-/ SAN-tən-DAIR, -tan-, US: / ˌ s ɑː n t ɑː n ˈ d ɛər / SAHN-tahn-DAIR; [3] [4] Spanish: [santanˈdeɾ]) is the capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain. It has a population of 172,000 (2017). [5] It is a port city located in the northern coast of the Iberian ...
The Bay of Santander is both a comarca of Cantabria and the largest estuary on the North coast of Spain, with an extension of 22.42 km 2 (9 km long and 5 km wide). Due to the influence of Santander and its metropolitan area, [3] nearly half of the population of the autonomous community of Cantabria is gathered around it, [4] which makes the anthropic pressure on this area of water quite notable.
Laredo (Spanish pronunciation:) is a town in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain. According to the 2008 census , the municipality has a population of 12,648 inhabitants. In addition to Laredo, the municipality includes the villages of La Arenosa, El Callejo, Las Cárcobas, Las Casillas, La Pesquera, Tarrueza and Villante.
The port of Santander with the Martillo dock in the foreground and the Naos dock on the left, in front of the Castle, 1867 (photo by J. Laurent).. At the end of the Cantabrian Wars, specifically in 19 B.C., the Romans founded the port of Portus Victoriae, which some authors identify with Santander and others with Santoña.
Pedreña is a village in the municipality of Marina de Cudeyo, Cantabria, northern Spain.As of 2010, its population was 1,454. Although located 18 kilometres (11 mi) from Santander by road, it lies on a peninsula only about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) across the bay from Santander, [1] [2] separated from land to the east by the mouth of the Miera River. [2]