Suances
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Suances is a municipality in Cantabria Province, Spain.[2]
Geography
Suances is located in the central coast of Cantabria, in the Ría de San Martín de la Arena, where the rivers Saja and Besaya flow to the Cantabric sea. Suances has five beaches: La Tablía, Los Locos, La Concha, La Ribera and La Riberuca; and five islands (Los Conejos, La Pasiega, Casilda, Segunda and Solita), despite the location of these islands (in front of Miengo) they are part of Suances.
Population
Suances has 8.552 inhabitants (INE, 2013) in six villages: Suances (5.034), Hinojedo (1.811), Cortiguera (817), Tagle (516), Ongayo (202) and Puente Avíos (172).
Transport
Roads
Suances is connected to the rest of Cantabria by two main autonomical roads (CA-132 to Viveda and CA-136 to Santillana del Mar), and four minor roads: CA-340, CA-341, CA-342 and CA-351.
Bus
Suances is connected to Torrelavega by the line Ubiarco-Torrelavega of Autobuses Casanova, and to Santander by the line Ubiarco-Santander of Autobuses La Cantábrica.
Administration
Andrés Ruiz Moya (PSOE) has been the mayor of Suances since 2007.
Economy
Due to the beaches and the hotels, Suances is the most important centre of tourism in the central coast of Cantabria. The touristic season starts in June and ends in October.
Sports
Suances and specially Los Locos beach are very popular surfing destinations for both local and international surf riders.
Monuments
A very important monument is the cave of "Las Brujas", an archeological site of paintings made with the hands, from the Palaeolithic era.
The municipality has two listed properties: La Mota de Tres Palacios, a medieval fortification in Hinojedo; and the wall that surrounds the former convent of Trinitarias.
References
43°26′N 4°03′W / 43.433°N 4.050°W / 43.433; -4.050
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- Arnuero
- Arredondo
- El Astillero
- Bárcena de Cicero
- Bárcena de Pie de Concha
- Bareyo
- Cabezón de la Sal
- Cabezón de Liébana
- Cabuérniga
- Camaleño
- Camargo
- Campoo de Enmedio
- Campoo de Yuso
- Cartes
- Castañeda
- Castro Urdiales
- Celis
- Cieza
- Cillorigo de Liébana
- Colindres
- Comillas
- Los Corrales de Buelna
- Corvera de Toranzo
- Entrambasaguas
- Escalante
- Guriezo
- Hazas de Cesto
- Hermandad de Campoo de Suso
- Herrerías
- Lamasón
- Laredo
- Liendo
- Liérganes
- Limpias
- Luena
- Marina de Cudeyo
- Mazcuerras
- Medio Cudeyo
- Meruelo
- Miengo
- Miera
- Molledo
- Noja
- Penagos
- Peñarrubia
- Pesaguero
- Pesquera
- Piélagos
- Polaciones
- Polanco
- Potes
- Puente Viesgo
- Ramales de la Victoria
- Rasines
- Reinosa
- Reocín
- Ribamontán al Mar
- Ribamontán al Monte
- Rionansa
- Riotuerto
- Las Rozas de Valdearroyo
- Ruente
- Ruesga
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- San Felices de Buelna
- San Miguel de Aguayo
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- Valderredible
- Valle de Villaverde
- Vega de Liébana
- Vega de Pas
- Villacarriedo
- Villaescusa
- Villafufre
- Voto
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