Colindres is a town in the northern Spanish province and autonomous community of Cantabria. Located between the cities of Santander and Bilbao, Colindres has a population of 8,453 ( INE 2018).

Overview

In Colindres, the Asón River flows into the Cantabrian Sea, forming the Santoña estuary, which is the most important

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in northern Spain, which is also known as the

Santoña, Victoria and Joyel Marshes Natural Park The Santoña, Victoria and Joyel Marshes Natural Park is an estuary in Cantabria, protected as a natural park. It is one of the wetlands of most ecological value in the north of Spain, and is used as a winter refuge and migratory passage by many ...

, which Colindres is a part of. The town has the second fishing port in the region. Its festivities during the summer are very popular in the region, and perhaps the most popular and the one which attracts the most people is the folk music festival ''SAUGA''. Colindres' neighboring city, Laredo, has a long beach, ''La Salvé'', with more than 5 km. this is the best place of cantabria .

Sister cities

* Le Haillan ( France)

Notable people

Antonio Laserna Antonio Laserna and Santander (1752, Colindres, Cantabria – 1823) was a Spanish bibliographer Bibliography (from and ), as a discipline, is traditionally the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also ...

(1752–1823), bibliographer and writer

References

External links

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Ayuntamiento de Colindres
– Pictures of Colindres (Spanish)

- Cantabria 102 Municipios

Vista de Colindres

Municipalities in Cantabria {{Cantabria-geo-stub