Isla is a small village in the municipality of

Arnuero Arnuero is a municipality in the province and autonomous community of Cantabria, northern Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the P ...

Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and Provinces of Spain, province in northern Spain with Santander, Cantabria, Santander as its capital city. It is called a , a Nationalities and regions of Spain, historic community, in its current ...

, Spain together with other settlements, such as Soane, Castillo Siete Villas and Arnuero. It is in the region of

Trasmiera Trasmiera (Spanish: ''Trasmiera''; Cantabrian and historically: ''Tresmiera'') is a historic ''comarca'' of Cantabria (Spain), located to the east of the Miera River (''tras'' Miera, meaning behind Miera, from the point of view of Asturias de S ...

Location

The village is located in northern Cantabria, bounded by the

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to the north, the river Rio Campiazo and the town of Joyel Noja to the east, the estuary and the town of Ajo to the west, and Mount Cinch and

in the south. Isla is 2.4 kilometres from Arnuero, 25 meters above

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Tourism

The main economic activity of the town is tourism. In 2004, it had 935 inhabitants. The influx of tourists, however, usually makes the population rise in the summer months. Isla regularly attracts tourists, mainly from Spain, however there are often trips from the UK.

References

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