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Santoña
Municipality
Santoña
FlagCoat of arms
Location of Santoña
SantoñaLocation in Spain
Coordinates: 43°26′29″N 3°27′27″W / 43.44139°N 3.45750°W / 43.44139; -3.45750
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Cantabria
Province	Cantabria
Comarca	Trasmiera
Judicial district	Santoña
Capital	Santoña
Government
• Alcaldesa	María Puerto Gallego Arriola (2007) (PSC-PSOE)
Area
• Total	11.53 km (4.45 sq mi)
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Highest elevation	315 m (1,033 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population
• Total	11,050
• Density	960/km (2,500/sq mi)
Demonym	santoñés/a
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	39740
Official language(s)	Spanish
Website	Official website

Santoña is a town in the eastern coast of the autonomous community of Cantabria, on the north coast of Spain. It is situated by the bay of the same name. It is 45 kilometres (28 mi) from the capital Santander. Santoña is divided into two zones, an urban plain, and a mountainous area, with Mount Buciero at its eastern limit, and Brusco and the beach of Berria to the north. The beach of San Martin comprises its south limit and the fishing harbor and marsh area its western limit.

In August 1719 the town was successfully attacked and captured by French forces supported by the British Royal Navy during the War of the Quadruple Alliance. Extensive naval supplies were seized or destroyed, and along with the Duke of Berwick's simultaneous taking of San Sebastian, put pressure of Philip V to make peace which he subsequently did at the Treaty of The Hague.

Population centres

• Santoña, the main town, where most of the population lives.
• Dueso, 174 inhabitants in 2008. Location of the Penal de El Dueso prison.
• Piedrahíta, 173 inhabitants in 2008.

Notable people

• Juan de la Cosa (1460-1509), cartographer, conquistador, and explorer
• Tomás de Teresa, 800m athlete
• Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish Navy officer and politician, who served as Prime Minister of Spain
• Osmar Ibáñez, footballer

Trivia

The song "Santonian shores" of the band Eluveitie is about this region.

References

1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística

External links

• Ayuntamiento de Santoña
• Santoña - Cantabria 102 Municipios

Gallery

• Plaza de San Antonio
• San Felipe street
• Manzanedo street
• Santa María del Puerto, 13th century.
• Manzanedo Secondary School
• Former Albo cannery
• Fort San Carlos
• Fort San Martín
• Plaza de abastos (food market)
• Marina
• Berria beach
• El Fraile peak
• Bust of Federico García Lorca

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