Riotuerto (Rutuertu in Cantabrian) is one of the municipalities 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 ...
, lying between the North Coast of the Cantábrican Sea and the mountains of the Cantabrian Sierra. It is part of the ancient ''
merindad
''Merindad'' () is a Mediaeval Spanish administrative term for a country subdivision smaller than a province but larger than a municipality. The officer in charge of a merindad was called a merino, roughly equivalent to the English ''count'' or ...
'' (shire) of
Trasmiera
Trasmiera (Spanish: ''Trasmiera''; Cantabrian and historically: ''Tresmiera'') is a historic ''comarca'' of Cantabria (Spain), located to the east of the Miera River (''tras'' Miera, meaning behind Miera, from the point of view of Asturias de Sa ...
. The centre of Riotuerto is La Cavada, once the home of the famed
Royal Artillery Factory and now the site of the Town Hall, library and cannon museum. Other ''
barrios'' include Barrio de Arriba, Lombana, Monte and Angustina.
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Riotuerto- Cantabria 102 Municipios
Municipalities in Cantabria
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