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View of RuesgaAitor Alvarez · CC BY-SA 3.0

Ruesga

Village

Ruesga is a municipality in Cantabria Province, Spain. It includes the following 6 villages: Calseca, Matienzo, Mentera Barruelo, Ogarrio, Riva (capital) and Valle.

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As of 2016, a total of 870 people lived in Ruesga.

Its economy is primarily agriculture and forestry; livestock mountain or forestal exploitation of wealth employs 53.1% of the workforce. There were almost 5,000 heads of livestock spread over 198 farms.

The unemployment rate was 14.7%.

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Village information

Coat of arms of Ruesga
Province
Cantabria
Population (INE 2025)
810
Altitude
149 m
Area (IGN)
85.8 km²
Postcode
39815
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What to see

  1. 1Palacio de los Valle
  2. 2Palacio de Zorrilla San Martín
  3. 3Palacio de los Arredondo
  4. 4Iglesia de la Asunción
  5. 5Iglesia de Matienzo
  6. 6Iglesia de San Félix de Valle
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What to do

  1. 1Cycling route: Alisas * La Cavada
  2. 2Cycling route: Collado Espina - Los Machucos * La Pedrosa
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  • Illustrative photo · Basotxerri · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Accommodation

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  • 3 restaurantsIllustrative photo · David Adam Kess · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Eat

    3 restaurants in Ruesga

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  • 2 experiencesIllustrative photo · Enrique Amigo · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Experiences

    2 experiences in Ruesga

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Useful information

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Town council

    • Phone: 942 64 11 18
    • Website: www.aytoruesga.com
    • Email: secretaria@aytoruesga.com

Services and transport

Travelling with your pet

Parks, beaches and places to stay that OpenStreetMap marks as dog-friendly. Many places allow dogs without it being marked: ask when you book.

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Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes91 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes99 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes99 %

No data on: tourist office, train station, petrol stations, pharmacies, health centre, ATMs, supermarkets, post office, motorhomes, street market, nursery school, primary school, secondary school, pool, care home.

Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract from October 2026: we count what is mapped within the municipal boundary. "No data" means OpenStreetMap doesn't have it, not that it doesn't exist. Town hall contact details: General Database of Local Entities (Spanish Ministry of Finance); tourist offices: each region's open registry, where it publishes one. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

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