Torrelavega

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Torrelavega
Torlavega  (
Cantabrian)
Municipality
Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción.
Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción.
Postal code
39300
Official language(s)Spanish
WebsiteOfficial website
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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

Santander, half way between the Principality of Asturias and the Basque Country. The rivers Saja and Besaya [es
] flow through the city.

It is the capital of the

Polanco, 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 metres and its lowest point is 12 metres.

Torrelavega is a regional centre for industry and transport, and its weekly livestock fair is famous in Spain. Its stadium is known as El Malecon. The Cave of Altamira, famed for the prehistoric paintings found inside, is about 10 kilometres northwest of the city.

History

Torrelavega was founded at the end of the thirteenth century by Garci Lasso de la Vega I (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

Íñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de Santillana
in order to administer the tax and privilege due in the family's territory.

Town Hall.
Avenida de España (Avenue of Spain).

The name of 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.

The city is home to the main seat of the Spanish

anarcho-syndicalist labour union the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo
.

Geography

Divisions

Neighbourhoods within the Metropolitan Area

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

Neighbouring municipalities

Notable people

Twin towns – sister cities

Torrelavega is twinned with:[2]

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ "Un hermanamiento lejano". eldiariomontanes.es (in Spanish). El Diario Montañés. 2016-12-01. Retrieved 2021-01-28.

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