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Encyclopedia > Eastern coast of Cantabria
Situation map of the Western Coast in Cantabria.

The Eastern Coast of Cantabria is a comarca of said autonomous community that comprises the municipalities of Colindres, Laredo, Liendo and Castro Urdiales. Anthem: Himno de Cantabria Capital Santander Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 15th  5,321 km²  1. ... This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ... Spains fifty provinces (provincias) are grouped into seventeen autonomous communities (comunidades aut nomas), in addition to two African autonomous cities (ciudades aut nomas) (Ceuta and Melilla). ... Location of Colindres in Cantabria Coordinates: Elevation 10 m Population  - City 7,235  - Density 1,096. ... Laredo is a town in the Northern Spanish province and autonomous community of Cantabria. ... Castro Urdiales, a seaport of northern Spain, in the province of Cantabria, situated on the bay of Biscay and at the head of a branch railway connected with the Bilbao-Santander line. ...


In all of those four municipalities the demographic pressure is very high as it is on the comarcas where most of the tourism is concentrated in summer, due to the large number of beaches it contains. Another important problem is the huge urbanistic growth, sometimes not abiding the law of coasts or the protection of the environment. There are cases, like the one in Argoños, in which whole urbanisations had been demolished by sentence of the Regional High Court.


It is also a comarca with many inhanitants from the Basque Country that is generally not registered in Cantabria but still maintains citizenship of Biscay, most often of Bilbao and nearby towns. The main cause of this is that prices on this region are considerably lower than those of Biscay, specially housing; and thanks to the Cantabrian motorway less than a 30-minute journey separes Bilbao from the furthest point (Colindres). Pays Basque) see Northern Basque Country. ... Anthem: Himno de Cantabria Capital Santander Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 15th  5,321 km²  1. ... Biscay (Basque Bizkaia, Spanish: Vizcaya) is a province of northern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ... La Muy Noble y Muy Leal e Invicta (The most noble and most loyal and undefeated) Location Location of Bilbao in Spain and Biscay Coordinates : 43,15° n. ... Location of Colindres in Cantabria Coordinates: Elevation 10 m Population  - City 7,235  - Density 1,096. ...


All these factors have caused that life in the Western Coast had raised its cost enormously in the few last years for people with Cantabrian working agreements. That and the industrial reconversion that the zone underwent in the late 80s is making the people born and raised in this comarca to emigrate to the interior. Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 30s - 40s - 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s - 90s - 100s - 110s - 120s - 130s 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 Note: Sometimes 80s is used as shorthand for the 1980s, the 1880s, or other such decades in different centuries. ...



 
Comarcas of Cantabria

Asón-Agüera | Santander Bay | Besaya | Campoo-Los Valles | Western Coast | Eastern Coast | Liébana | Pas-Miera | Saja-Nansa | Trasmiera Officially, Spain is subdivided into: 17 autonomous communities (comunidades autónomas) and two autonomous cities (ciudades autónomas: Ceuta and Melilla). ... Anthem: Himno de Cantabria Capital Santander Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 15th  5,321 km²  1. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cantabria. ... Situation map of the comarca of the Asón in Cantabria. ... In dark red the municipalities considered to be part of the Bay; in light red those who sometimes are also considered so. ... Situation of the comarca of Besaya in Cantabria The Besaya valley (Spanish: Valle del Besaya) is both a comarca located in the center of Cantabria, along the course of the Besaya River, and the natural valley of said river. ... Situation of the comarca of Campoo in Cantabria Campoo is a comarca of Cantabria (Spain) located in the High Ebro, with a surface little bigger than 1,000 km², and including the municipalities of Hermandad de Campoo de Suso, Campoo de Enmedio, Campoo de Yuso, Valdeolea, Valdeprado del Río... Situation map of the comarca of Liébana in Cantabria. ...



 
 

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