Isla (Cantabria)
Encyclopedia
Isla is a small village belonging to the municipality of Arnuero
Arnuero
Arnuero is a municipality in the province and autonomous community of Cantabria, northern Spain.The municipality is located in the northeastern portion of the province, and includes three small villages : Arnuero, Soano and Isla...

 (Cantabria
Cantabria
Cantabria is a Spanish historical region and autonomous community with Santander as its capital city. It is bordered on the east by the Basque Autonomous Community , on the south by Castile and León , on the west by the Principality of Asturias, and on the north by the Cantabrian Sea.Cantabria...

, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

) together with other peoples as Soane
Soane
Soane or Soanes may refer to:People:*Henry Soane , Virginia colonial politician*John Soane , English architect*Stuart Soane , Scottish footballer*Zebedee Soanes , British radio announcer...

, Castillo Siete Villas and Arnuero. Is in the region of Trasmiera
Trasmiera
Trasmiera is a historic comarca of Cantabria , located to the east of the Miera River , reaching the western side of the Asón...

.

Located in northern Cantabria, delimited with the Bay of Biscay
Bay of Biscay
The Bay of Biscay is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea. It lies along the western coast of France from Brest south to the Spanish border, and the northern coast of Spain west to Cape Ortegal, and is named in English after the province of Biscay, in the Spanish...

 to the north, the river and the town of Joyel Noja east, the estuary and the town of Ajo Ajo west, and Mount cinch and the people of the Arnuero south.
The main economic activity of the town is tourism. In 2004 it had 935 inhabitants (INE
INE
INE, Ine or ine may refer to one of the following:*Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung*Instituto Nacional de Estadística...

). But the influx of tourists means that this figure will shoot in the summer months.
Isla is 2.4 kilometres from Arnuero, 25 meters above sea level
Sea level
Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...

. Isla regularly attracts tourists, mainly from Spain, however there are often trips from the UK.
Isla is 2.4 kilometers from Arnuero , and an average of 50 meters above sea level.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK