Cartes

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Cartes

Total population

1,418

Elevation40 m

Land area19.02 km²

Coordinates43.32°, -4.07°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Cartes is a municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain. According to the 2009 census, the city has a population of 5.118 inhabitants.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Á

Ángel de Peredo

Royal Governor of Chile (1623-1677)

Enrique García Ojeda

Spanish racecar driver

Alberto Fernández Sainz

Spanish bicycle racer, born in 1981

José Antonio González Linares

Spanish politician

H

Herminio Díaz Zabala

Spanish bicycle racer

M

Manuel Rotella

Spanish politician and businessperson (1931-2012)

Pedro Cevallos

Spanish politician and diplomat (1759-1838)

A

Antonio Valverde y Cosío

Spanish colonial governor

José Obeso Revuelta

Spanish politician (1884-1952)

G

Garci Lasso Ruiz de la Vega

Spanish noble

A

Adolfo Linares

Spanish politician and priest

C

Celso Amieva

A

Alberto Guitián

Spanish footballer

Diego de Argumosa

Spanish physician (1792-1865)

E

Emilio Antonio Rodríguez Gutiérrez

J

José Gándara

Spanish cyclist (1920–2010)

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

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 Cartes

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Asian Mud-dauber Wasp

Sceliphron curvatum

Seen 2026-09-24

Brown Birch-bolete

Leccinum scabrum

Seen 2026-09-24

ribwort plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Seen 2026-09-23

maidenhair spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

Seen 2026-09-23

Ivy-leaved toadflax

Cymbalaria muralis

Seen 2026-09-23

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Seen 2026-09-20

European Stonechat

Saxicola rubicola

Seen 2026-09-20

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Seen 2026-09-20

Eurasian Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).