Reinosa

Reinosa is a municipality in Cantabria, Spain. , it has 10,307 inhabitants. The municipality, one of the smallest by land area in Cantabria, is notable for being one of the nearest towns to the headwaters of the Ebro River. It is surrounded by the municipality of Campoo de Enmedio and was created a city by King Alfonso XIII in 1927, being one of only three urban centres in Cantabria with that honour, the others being Santander and Torrelavega.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Reinosa
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Reinosa - Iglesia de San Sebastián01.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Church of San Sebastián (16th century).
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera del Ayto de Reinosa.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of Arms of Reinosa.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Cantabria#Spain
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Reinosa in Cantabria##Location of Reinosa in Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2

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History
Geography
Twin towns
References
External links

==History== The first documents mentioning the town date back to the year 1000, when it was divided into four solars by Sancho García, the Count of Castile. By 1404, it was emerging as the main town of the region and was organised into seven Hermandades, military units aimed at retaining law and order. The procurators of these brotherhoods met once a month with the Corregidor to organise the town's affairs.