Entrambasaguas

Entrambasaguas
Entrambasaguas
Municipality
	View to the village of Entrambasaguas from the Vizmaya Peak.
	Coat of arms
	Location of Entrambasaguas
	Entrambasaguas Location in Spain
	Coordinates: 43°22′40″N 3°40′36″W / 43.37778°N 3.67667°W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Cantabria
Province	Cantabria
Comarca	Trasmiera
Judicial district	Medio Cudeyo
Capital	Entrambasaguas
Government
• Alcalde	María Jesús Susinos Tarreroa (2003) (PP)
Area
• Total	43.2 km2 (16.7 sq mi)
Elevation	45 m (148 ft)
Population (2018)
• Total	5,090
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	Official website

Entrambasaguas is a small municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain, 25 km south of the Bay of Santander. It is moderately mountainous, and the origin of the Aguanaz River, which once drove 23 watermills and merges with the Miera River. Limestone caves with Paleolithic rock art and burial sites from the Bronze Age exist. Iron was mined here from prehistoric times, used in the Royal Artillery Factory of La Cavada, which supplied the Armada, and eventually brought some wealth during the Renaissance. First mentioned in 1210, this rural area of Green Spain consists of six towns an area of 43.2 square km, totaling about 5,000 inhabitants as of 2015, having nearly doubled since 2005.

^ "Bienvenido Ayuntamiento de Entrambasaguas, n.d, retrieved 1 February 2016". Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

[1] "Bienvenido Ayuntamiento de Entrambasaguas, n.d, retrieved 1 February 2016". Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.

[2] Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

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