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Bay of Santander - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 43°28′N 3°48′W / 43.467°N 3.800°W

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43°28′N 3°48′W / 43.467°N 3.800°W / 43.467; -3.800

Bay of Santander
Comarca and metropolitan area
Bay of Santander
Flag Coat of arms
Municipalities officially part of the comarca of the Bay of Santander are in red; those not part of the administrative comarca are in light red, but the natural one - they actually lie in the comarca of Trasmiera.
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Cantabria
Province	Cantabria
Capital	Santander
Municipalities	List El Astillero, Camargo, Miengo, Penagos, Piélagos, Santa Cruz de Bezana, Santander, Villaescusa
Area
• Total	263.0 km² (101.5 sq mi)
Population (2018)^[1]
• Total	269,335
• Density	1,000/km² (2,700/sq mi)
GDP ^[2]
• Metro	€12.839 billion (2020)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

The Bay of Santander is both a comarca of Cantabria and the largest estuary on the North coast of Spain, with an extension of 22.42 km² (9 km long and 5 km wide). Due to the influence of Santander and its metropolitan area,^[3] nearly half of the population of the autonomous community of Cantabria is gathered around it,^[4] which makes the anthropic pressure on this area of water quite notable.

The entrance to the bay is lined by the Sardinero beaches, where the Isle of Mouro with its lighthouse can be found. The access to its interior is through a narrow channel of water between the Magdalena Peninsula, near to which are the Isle of the Tower and Horadada Island; and the sandbanks of the El Puntal, a long series of beaches and dunes that protect the tranquil inner waters of the bay.

The morphology of the bay has suffered important changes in the last centuries. It is estimated^{[citation needed]} that more than 50% of the original extension has been filled up, drying up a large amount of marsh area for grasslands, to expand the Port of Santander, and to create new industrial and residential areas. At the moment, work is going on to recover the seaside ecosystem in some areas of high ecological value.

Municipalities

The municipalities within the administrative comarca are as follows, listed below with their areas and populations:

Name	Area (km²)	Population (2001)^[5]	Population (2011)^[6]	Population (2018)^[7]
Camargo	36.6	24,498	31,498	30,263
El Astillero	6.8	14,353	17,854	18,108
Miengo	24.5	3,629	4,664	4,713
Penagos	31.7	1,703	1,926	2,108
Piélagos	83.3	13,035	23,036	25,223
Santa Cruz de Bezana	17.3	9,149	12,094	12,964
Santander	34.8	180,717	178,085	172,044
Villaescusa	28.0	3,323	3,735	3,912

Rivers and rias

Several rivers empty into the Bay of Santander. The most important is the Ria de Solía, in the South. The Ria de San Salvador empties in the center of the Bay via the Ria de Astillero while in the East flow the Rias of Carmen and Raos; to the West is the Ria de Cubas, which is the mouth of the Miera River.

Geology

The Santander Bay is formed by a diapir generated during the alpinotype orogeny of the Tertiary period. Its materials are composed of clays and salts (specially Keuper's gypsums) that ascended taking advantage of the faults. This movement generated an increase of the fracturing and an important dragging of rocks from the outer layers. The weakness zone generated by the Keuper's clays made easier its erosion compared with other sandstone or limestone areas, which involved the advance of the sea and the formation of the bay.

Flora and fauna

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

References

^ Estimate at 1 January 2018: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
^ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions". ec.europa.eu.
^ Article from newspaper El Diario Montañés El área de la bahía estará integrada por nueve ayuntamientos según la Universidad de Cantabria
^ Article from newspaper El Diario Montañés El 50 por ciento de la población
^ Census at 1 November 2001: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
^ Census at 1 November 2011: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
^ Estimate at 1 January 2018: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.

External links

v t e Comarcas of Cantabria
Asón-Agüera Bay of Santander Besaya Campoo-Los Valles Western Coast Eastern Coast Liébana Valles Pasiegos Saja-Nansa Trasmiera

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