Valdeolea Explained

Valdeolea
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Spain
Pushpin Label Position:Bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Spain
Coordinates:42.8778°N -4.1622°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Type3:Comarca
Subdivision Type4:Judicial district
Subdivision Name2:Cantabria
Subdivision Name3:Campoo
Subdivision Name4:Reinosa
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Fernando Franco González
Area Total Km2:83.72
Elevation M:953
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:39410
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Valdeolea (pronounced as /es/) is a municipality in Cantabria, northern Spain. It is located in a hill region crossed by the Camesa river and its numerous affluents.

It is formed by 19 towns and villages: Barriopalacio, Bercedo, Camesa, Castrillo del Haya, Cuena, El Haya, Las Henestrosas de las Quintanillas, Hoyos, La Loma, Mata de Hoz, Mataporquera, Matarrepudio, Olea, La Quintana, Las Quintanillas, Rebolledo, Reinosilla, San Martín de Hoyos and Santa Olalla. Mataporquera is the largest of them, with some 1,000 inhabitants, and also the municipal seat.

The municipal territory is home to eight menhirs, located on the left bank of the Camesa in the Monte Omeda site. It also houses remains from the Roman age and the Middle Ages. Also notable is the Romanesque churches of Santa Eulalia la Toma (1176), Santa Maria de las Henestrosas de las Quintanilla (12th century), and Santa Maria (at Olea), modified in the 16th-17th centuries.

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