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Villacarriedo

Coordinates: 43°13′46″N 3°48′33″W / 43.22944°N 3.80917°W / 43.22944; -3.80917
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Villacarriedo
Coat of arms of Villacarriedo
Villacarriedo is located in Cantabria
Villacarriedo
Villacarriedo
Location in Spain
Villacarriedo is located in Spain
Villacarriedo
Villacarriedo
Villacarriedo (Spain)
Coordinates: 43°13′46″N 3°48′33″W / 43.22944°N 3.80917°W / 43.22944; -3.80917
Country Spain
Autonomous communityCantabria
ProvinceCantabria
SeatVillacarriedo
Government
 • AlcaldeÁngel Sainz Ruiz (PRC)
Area
 • Total50.74 km2 (19.59 sq mi)
Elevation
211 m (692 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total1,604
 • Density32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
39640
WebsiteAyunt. de Villacarriedo

Villacarriedo is a municipality in the Spanish "comunidad autónoma" of Cantabria.

Sub-districts and demography

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In 2009 the municipality contained 1,765 registered inhabitants divided between the various villages and hamlets as follows:

  • Abionzo (174 people)
  • Aloños (159 people)
  • Bárcena de Carriedo (185 people)
  • Pedroso (71 people)
  • Santibáñez (254 people)
  • Soto (29 people)
  • Tezanos (385 people)
  • Villacarriedo (capital) (508 people)

Location

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Villacarriedo, the administrative centre and the most populous village in the municipality, is positioned 211 meters above sea level and 36 km (22 miles) to the south of Santander, the Cantabrian capital.

Economy

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36.9% of the working population are recorded as working in the primary (agricultural) sector. 15.1% work in construction and 10.8% in industry while a further 37.2% work in the tertiary (service) sector.

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.