🇪🇸 Torrelavega is a municipality and important industrial and commercial hub in the single province Autonomous Community of Cantabria, northern Spain. It is situated roughly 8 km from the Cantabrian Coast and 27.5 km from the capital of the Autonomous Community, Santander, half way between the Principality of Asturias and the Basque Country. The rivers Saja and Besaya flow through the city. It is the capital of the comarca of Valle del Besaya which includes also composed of the municipalities of Suances, Polanco, Cartes, Los Corrales de Buelna, Cieza, Arenas de Iguña, Bárcena de Pie de Concha, Molledo, Anievas and San Felices de Buelna.
Its highest point is 606 metres and its lowest point is 12 metres.
Torrelavega is a regional centre for industry and transport, and its weekly livestock fair is famous in Spain. Its stadium is known as El Malecon. The Cave of Altamira, famed for the prehistoric paintings found inside, is about 10 km north-west of the city.
Divisions: • Barreda • Campuzano • Duález • Ganzo • La Montaña • Sierrapando • Tanos • Torrelavega (Metro) • Torres • Viérnoles.
Neighborhoods within the Metropolitan Area: • La Inmobiliaria • El Barrio de Sorravides • El Barrio Covadonga • La Nueva Ciudad • El Zapatón • El Poblado
Torrelavega has a population of over 55,300 people. Torrelavega also forms the centre of the wider Valle del Besaya comarca which has a population of over 90,041 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Torrelavega has links with:
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Locations Near: Torrelavega -4.04902,43.3508
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🇪🇸 Barakaldo -2.986,43.297 d: 86.2
🇪🇸 Burgos -3.7,42.341 d: 115.8
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🇪🇸 Palencia -4.539,42.01 d: 154.3
🇪🇸 Durango -2.627,43.172 d: 116.9
🇪🇸 Vitoria Gasteiz -2.683,42.85 d: 124.1
Antipodal to: Torrelavega 175.951,-43.351
🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19763
🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19763
🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 19765.4
🇳🇿 Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 19757.6
🇳🇿 Masterton 175.664,-40.95 d: 19747.1
🇳🇿 Porirua 174.84,-41.131 d: 19751.9
🇳🇿 Palmerston North 175.61,-40.357 d: 19681
🇳🇿 Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 19745.3