Val de San Vicente is a municipality located in the autonomous community of

Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...

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Geography

Val de San Vicente is the westernmost municipality of the Cantabrian coast. Its border to the north is the

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, to the west the Asturian council of

Ribadedeva Ribadedeva (; Asturian language, Asturian and Cantabrian: Ribedeva) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. To the north is the Cantabrian Sea, while to the south lies Peñamellera Baja, to the west Ll ...

, to the south

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and to the east

San Vicente de la Barquera San Vicente de la Barquera is a municipality of Cantabria in northern Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English ...

. The town is located at the mouth of the

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and

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rivers, which empty their waters into the sea in the Tina Mayor and Tina Menor estuaries respectively.

Economy, transportation

The main economic activity results from tourism due to the area´s great scenic value. municipality's other source of income on the other hand is the food industry with "corbatas", a traditional puff pastry shaped like "bowties" in

Unquera Unquera is a village with 803 inhabitants (INE 2005) in the municipality of Val de San Vicente, in the west of the province of Cantabria, Spain. Sitting on the ría de Tina Menor, at the mouth of the River Deva it borders Asturias. It is famo ...

. Depending on the area within Cantabria, the pastry is known by a different name, like "polkas" in

Torrelavega Torrelavega ( Cantabrian: ''Torlavega'') is a municipality and important industrial and commercial hub in the single province Autonomous Community of Cantabria, northern Spain. It is situated roughly 8 kilometres from the Cantabrian Coast and 27.5 ...

and "sacristanes" in

Liérganes Liérganes is a municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain. According to the 2007 census, the city has a population of 2,391 inhabitants. Towns * Bucarrero * Calgar * Casa del Monte *El Condado *La Costera La Costera ( ...

. The town is crossed by the Cantabrian Highway and served by the

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Santander-Oviedo railway line. On the other hand, in Unquera the main road originates, which connects the region of

Liébana Liébana is a ''comarca'' of Cantabria (Spain). It covers 575 square kilometres and is located in the far southwest of Cantabria, bordering Asturias, León and Palencia. It is made up of the municipalities of: Cabezón de Liébana, Camaleño, Cil ...

with the coast and the rest of Cantabria. During the Old Regime, the town belonged to the Marquises of

Aguilar de Campoo Aguilar de Campoo () is a town and municipality of Spain located in the province of Palencia, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is close to the River Pisuerga. Its 2011 population is 7741. It is one of the locations of the St. James' ...

as a manor.

History

In April 1973 it was announced that "Electra de Viesgo" was going to build the nuclear power plant of Santillán, with four units at a power of four million

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, and an initial cost calculated at 80,000 million pesetas. The company acquired 71.6 hectares of land, the equivalent of 71 soccer fields, in a coastal strip which covered the surface of the municipalities of

and Val de San Vicente, next to the cove of the beach of

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; on the cliffs of Santillán-Boria a ditch was constructed to carry out the preliminary surveys for the construction of the nuclear power plant. It was scheduled to begin to produce power in 1982, with an output of 970

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. Finally, due to political and social opposition from Cantabria and Asturias, the power company abandoned the project.

Demographics

Source:

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(INE)

Locations

Its 2.670 inhabitant per the

(INE) census from 2006 lived in: * Abanillas, 81 inhabitants *

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, 22 inhabitants * Helgueras, 74 inhabitants * Luey, 179 inhabitants *

Molleda Molleda is one of seven parishes (administrative divisions) in the Corvera de Asturias municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. The population is 717 (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Ins ...

, 187 inhabitants * Muñorrodero, 95 inhabitants * Pechón, 215 inhabitants. * Pesués (Capital), 376inhabitants * Portillo, 78 inhabitants * Prellezo, 212 inhabitants * Prío, 85 inhabitants * San Pedro de las Baheras, 63 inhabitants * Serdio, 184 inhabitants *

, 819 inhabitants

Administration

As of 2015, Roberto Escobedo from the

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(PSC-PSOE) has been the mayor of the municipality, succeeding Miguel González Vega, who had resigned in March 2012 because he was elected senator in the 2011 national elections. The following tables show the results of the

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held in the year 2003 and 2007. In the elections of 2011, the PSOE was again the winner with 55.6% of the votes and 7 councilors. The PP received 3 council seats and the PRC one.

Heritage

The municipality includes the following sites of cultural interest: * The 'Torre de Estrada', in

, , a

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. * ' Cueva de la Fuente del Salín,' in Muñorrodero, an archaeological site. * The Castro de Castillo,' in Prellezo, an archaeological site.DECRETO 39/2004, de 29 de abril, por el que se declara bien de interés cultural, con la categoría de yacimiento arqueológico, a favor del «Castro del Castillo», en Prellezo, (Val de San Vicente)
Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado, 29 April 2004 * 'Ruta Lebaniega', which links the

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of the coast with the Camino Francés - connecting, apart from this municipality, those of

, Herrerias,

Lamasón Lamasón is a municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain. According to the 2007 census, the city has a population of 338 inhabitants. Its capital is Sobrelapeña. Towns * Burió * Cires * Lafuente * Los Pumares *Quinta ...

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Potes Potes is a municipality in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Cantabria in Spain. It is the capital of the Comarcas of Spain, Comarca of Liébana and is located in the centre of it. It is bordered to the north by Cillorigo ...

Cabezón de Liébana Cabezón de Liébana is a municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain. According to the 2007 census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a give ...

Camaleño Camaleño is a municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain. According to the 2007 census, the city had 1,096 inhabitants. History According to the chronicle of Alfonso III of Leon, the surviving Arabs of the Battle of Co ...

and

Vega de Liébana Vega de Liébana is a municipality in the province and autonomous community of Cantabria, northern Spain. See also * Pico Jano Pico Jano is a mountain of Cantabria (northern Spain). Geography The mountain is part of the range dividing the ...

. In addition, the 'ruins of the old medieval church of the cemetery'in Portillo are a site of local interest.

References

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