Riotuerto
Sign in to saveRiotuerto (Rutuertu in Cantabrian) is one of the municipalities of Cantabria, lying between the North Coast of the Cantábrican Sea and the mountains of the Cantabrian Sierra. It is part of the ancient merindad (shire) of Trasmiera. The centre of Riotuerto is La Cavada, once the home of the famed Royal Artillery Factory and now the site of the Town Hall, library and cannon museum. Other barrios include Barrio de Arriba, Lombana, Monte and Angustina.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Riotuerto
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Riotuerto, Spain.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo_de_Riotuerto.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Riotuerto (Cantabria) Mapa.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Riotuerto
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Cantabria
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Trasmiera
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Judicial district
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Medio Cudeyo
- Settlement.seat_type
- Capital
- Settlement.seat
- La Cavada
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Riotuerto
- Demonym
- cañonero
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Cantabria
- Population
- 1682
- Area
- 30.48
- Elevation
- 70
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Medio Cudeyo
- Image
- Panorámica del municipio de Riotuerto.jpg
- Licence plate code
- S
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- postal code
- 39720
- Commons category
- Riotuerto (Cantabria)
- male population
- 772
- female population
- 829
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Encyclopedic overview
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Riotuerto (Rutuertu in Cantabrian) is one of the municipalities of Cantabria, lying between the North Coast of the Cantábrican Sea and the mountains of the Cantabrian Sierra. It is part of the ancient merindad (shire) of Trasmiera. The centre of Riotuerto is La Cavada, once the home of the famed Royal Artillery Factory and now the site of the Town Hall, library and cannon museum. Other barrios include Barrio de Arriba, Lombana, Monte and Angustina.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Riotuerto” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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