Valle de Villaverde

Municipality

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Location of Valle de Villaverde in Cantabria

Valle de Villaverde

Location in Spain

Coordinates: 43°14′43″N 3°15′37″W / 43.24528°N 3.26028°WCoordinates: 43°14′43″N 3°15′37″W / 43.24528°N 3.26028°W

Country

Spain

Cantabria

Government

• Alcalde

Pedro María Llaguno Artolachipi (2007) (PRC)

Area

• Total

19.53 km² (7.54 sq mi)

Elevation

190 m (620 ft)

Population (2009)

• Total

375

• Density

19/km² (50/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

39880

Official language(s)

Spanish

Valle de Villaverde (also, until 2005, Villaverde de Trucíos) is a town and municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain. It is surrounded by the Basque municipalities of Carranza, Arcentales, and Trucíos, but the town belongs to the administration of the government of Cantabria. Thus, it is an enclave of Biscay and an exclave of Cantabria.

In the south of the municipality are the headwaters of the Río Agüera, whose valley includes altitudes of more than 400 metres (1,300 feet). The municipality is crossed from west to east by the Santander-Bilbao railway line operated by FEVE.

The municipality is made up of the following localities:

The area was settled in pre-Roman times not by the Cantabri but by the Autrigones. It was colonized by Rome, and later became part of the Kingdom of Asturias, as did the rest of Las Encartaciones and the heart of Biscay.

The valley was purchased in the mid-15th century by Pedro Fernández de Velasco, at which point it ceased to be part of Biscay, the antecedent to its current status as an enclave. The 1822 and 1833 territorial divisions of Spain gave it the name Villaverde de Trucíos; in 2005 it returned to its traditional name, Valle de Villaverde.

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