Torrelavega

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Torrelavega


Flag	Coat of Arms

Ave Maria
("Hail Mary")

Location

Location of the Municipality of Torrelavega within the
Autonomous Community of Cantabria

Coordinates : 43°20′N, 4°2′W
Time Zone : CET (GMT +1)
- summer: CEST (GMT +2)

General information

Native name

Torrelavega (Spanish)

Spanish name

Torrelavega

Nickname

Torlavega (Montañés)

Founded

13th century,
official city status January 29, 1895

Postal code

39300

Area code

34 (Spain) + 942 (Cantabria)

Website

http://www.torrelavega.es/

Administration

Country

Spain

Autonomous Community

Cantabria

Province

Cantabria

Comarca

Valle del Besaya

Administrative Divisions

Neighborhoods

Mayor

Blanca Rosa Gómez Morante (PSOE)

Geography

Land Area

35,5 km²

Altitude

25 m AMSL

Population

Population

56,407 (2006)

Density

1,583.94 hab./km² (2006)

Torrelavega ( 43°20′N, 4°02′W) is a municipality and important industrial and commercial hub in the single province Autonomous Community of Cantabria in northern Spain.

It is situated roughly 8 kilometers from the Cantabrian Coast and 27.5 kilometers from the capital of the Autonomous Community, Santander, half way between the Principality of Asturias and the Basque Country. The rivers Saja and Besaya flow through the city.

It is the capital of the county of Valle del Besaya which, along with Torrelavega, is composed of the municipalities of Cartes, Los Corrales de Buelna, Cieza, Arenas de Iguña, Bárcena de Pie de Concha, Molledo, Anievas and San Felices de Buelna.

Its highest point is 606 meters and its lowest point is 12 meters.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Town Twinning

[edit] Geography

[edit] Divisions

Barreda
Campuzano
Duález
Ganzo
La Montaña
Sierrapando
Tanos
Torrelavega (Metro)
Torres
Viérnoles

[edit] Neighborhoods within the Metropolitan Area

La Inmobiliaria
El Barrio de Sorravides
El Barrio Covadonga
La Nueva Ciudad
El Zapatón
El Poblado

[edit] Neighboring Municipalities

North: Santillana del Mar, Suances and Polanco.
South: Los Corrales de Buelna and San Felices de Buelna.
East: Piélagos and Puente Viesgo.
West: Reocín and Cartes.

[edit] History

Torrelavega was founded at the end of the thirteenth century by Garci Lasso I de la Vega (the elder), Adelantado Mayor of the Kingdom of Castile in the name of King Alfonso XI of Castile.

Its current name is due to the contraction of the original eponym of "Torre de la Vega". The Castle or Tower of the Vega's was built by Leonor de la Vega, daughter of Garci Lasso II de la Vega, the younger, and mother of the Marquis of Santillana in order to administer the tax and privilege due in the family's territory.

The name of the comarca, Valle del Besaya is derived from the Astur-Leonese Bisalia, which in turn derives from the Celtic, Bis-salia (the second Salia or Saja) from the two rivers that flow through the city.

Torrelavega was an important agricultural hub in the Kingdom of Castile since medieval times. Continuous population growth and industrial development enabled Torrelavega to attain city status in 1895 from the Queen Regent Maria Christina of Bourbon, Princess of the Two Sicilies.

[edit] Town Twinning

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