Val de San Vicente

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Val de San Vicente is a municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain.

Geography

Val de San Vicente is the westernmost municipality of the Cantabrian coast. Its border to the north is the Bay of Biscay, to the west the Asturian council of Ribadedeva, to the south Herrerías and to the east San Vicente de la Barquera.

The town is located at the mouth of the Deva and Nansa 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. The 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 or San Vicente de la Barquera. Depending on the area within Cantabria, the pastry is known by different names, like "polkas" in Torrelavega and "sacristanes" in Liérganes.^[2]

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

During the Old Regime, the town belonged to the Marquises of Aguilar de Campoo 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 four million

• Abanillas, 81 inhabitants
• Estrada, 22 inhabitants
• Helgueras, 74 inhabitants
• Luey, 179 inhabitants
• Molleda, 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
• Unquera, 819 inhabitants

Administration

As of 2015, Roberto Escobedo from the Partido Socialista de Cantabria(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 Elections in Spain held in the year 2003 and 2007.^[7] 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

• The 'Torre de Estrada', in Estrada, , a monument.
• 'Cueva de la Fuente del Salín,' in Muñorrodero, an archaeological site.
• The Castro de Castillo,' in Prellezo, an archaeological site.^[8]
• 'Ruta Lebaniega', which links the
  Cillorigo de Liébana, Potes, Cabezón de Liébana, Camaleño and Vega de Liébana
  .

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

References

43°22′39″N 4°29′01″W / 43.37750°N 4.48361°W / 43.37750; -4.48361