Ampuero

Featured view

Ampuero

Total population

2,386

Elevation11 m

Land area32.34 km²

Coordinates43.34°, -3.42°

Demographic figures from INE (Spain). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ampuero is a municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain. It has a population of approximately 4,384. The municipality was once under the jurisdiction of the municipality of Laredo, but was formally recognised as an autonomous municipality in 1728 by Phillip V of Spain.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Francisco Laso de la Vega

Royal Governor of Chile

José Emilio Amavisca

Spanish footballer

Jesús Ezquerra

Spanish bicycle racer

N

Neru

Spanish footballer

J

Joaquín Rucoba

Spanish architect (1844–1919)

Ignacio Rodríguez Ortiz

Spanish footballer

Alonso de Alvarado

Spanish conquistador

Francisco Marroquín

Castilian priest

J

Juan Gil de Hontañón

architect

P

Pablo Puente Buces

Spanish Roman-Catholic prelate of the Catholic Church (1931–2022)

A

Angel Alonso

French painter (1923-1994)

M

Melchor de Bueras

Spanish architect

Juan de Escobedo

Spanish politician

José María Orense

Spanish journalist and politician (1803-1880)

Juan Manuel Santisteban Lapeire

Spanish bicycle racer (1944-1976)

O

Orlando Gutiérrez

Spanish footballer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Cantabria

• Limpias
  1.4 mi away · pop. 1,678
• Rasines
  2.6 mi away · pop. 224
• Colindres
  3.9 mi away · pop. 8,571
• Hazas
  3.9 mi away · pop. 227
• Bádames
  4.2 mi away · pop. 647
• El Puente
  4.5 mi away · pop. 670
• Laredo
  4.6 mi away · pop. 10,052
• Cicero
  5.9 mi away · pop. 1,589
• Ramales de la Victoria
  6.5 mi away · pop. 2,259
• Santoña
  7.3 mi away · pop. 10,606
• Gama
  7.5 mi away · pop. 907
• Escalante
  8.1 mi away · pop. 417

Browse all places in Cantabria →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Ampuero

Search results from Open Library.

Events

Notable, recurring, and historical events associated with Ampuero, sourced from Wikidata.

• Fiestas de La Bien Aparecida

  annual event
• Último viaje del Emperador Carlos V

  annual event

Source: Wikidata (CC0).