Liébana
Sign in to saveLiébana is a comarca (administrative division) of Cantabria, Spain. It covers 575 square kilometres and is located in the far southwest of Cantabria, bordering Asturias, León and Palencia. It is made up of the municipalities of: Cabezón de Liébana, Camaleño, Cillorigo de Liébana, Pesaguero, Potes, Tresviso and Vega de Liébana.left|thumb|250px|View of the village of Potes, comarcal capital of Liébana
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Liébana
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- es
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Comarca
- Settlement.image_map
- Comarca de Liébana (Cantabria) Mapa.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cantabria
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Cantabria
- Settlement.seat_type
- Capital
- Settlement.seat
- Potes
- Settlement.parts_type
- Municipalities
- Settlement.parts_style
- list
- Settlement.p1
- Cabezón de Liébana, Camaleño, Cillorigo de Liébana, Pesaguero, Potes, Tresviso, Vega de Liébana
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 574.83
- Settlement.population_total
- 5319
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Liébana is a comarca (administrative division) of Cantabria, Spain. It covers 575 square kilometres and is located in the far southwest of Cantabria, bordering Asturias, León and Palencia. It is made up of the municipalities of: Cabezón de Liébana, Camaleño, Cillorigo de Liébana, Pesaguero, Potes, Tresviso and Vega de Liébana.left|thumb|250px|View of the village of Potes, comarcal capital of Liébana
==Geography== left|thumb|250px|Image of Peña Ventosa in Liébana. Liébana is a closed mountainous comarca, made up of four valleys (Valdebaró, Cereceda, Valdeprao and Cillorigo) that connect in Potes, the centre of the comarca. Its main rivers are the Deva, the Quiviesa and the Buyón. The steep-sided uplands are formed of Carboniferous limestone affected by karstic processes. Shale and sandstone can be found in the bottom of the valleys.