Maliaño is a village in the municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 of Camargo

Camargo, Cantabria

Camargo is a municipality in the province and autonomous community of Cantabria, northern Spain. Its capital is Muriedas.-Towns:* Cacicedo.* Camargo.* Escobedo.* Herrera.* Igollo.* Maliaño.* Muriedas .* Revilla.-External links:*...

 (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

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). The town is located near the Bay of Santander

Bay of Santander

The Bay of Santander is both a comarca of Cantabria and the largest estuary on the North coast of Spain, with an extension of 22.42 km² 9km long and 5 km wide...

, 5 km from the regional capital. It is the location of the regionally significant Santander Airport

Santander Airport

Santander Airport is an international airport near Santander, Spain and the only airport in Cantabria. The airport has been extended and refurbished in the last couple of years. In 2009 the airport handled 958,157 passengers and 18,753 flights, far more than in 1995 when it handled only 180,000...

. The population in the year 2004 was 7,301 (INE) and it raised to 9,563 inhabitants in 2009.

Maliaño is geographically divided in two parts, the Alto Maliaño (High Maliaño) and Bajo Maliaño (Low Maliaño). Maliaño Alto is the location of the Church of San Juan Bautista, where the sepulchre of the Spanish Renaissance

Renaissance

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 architect, Juan de Herrera

Juan de Herrera

Juan de Herrera was a Spanish architect, mathematician and geometrician.One of the most outstanding Spanish architects in the 16th century, Herrera represents the peak of the Renaissance in Spain. His sober style was fully developed in buildings like the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial...

, is located.

Notable people

• Juan Carlos Arteche Gómez
  Juan Carlos Arteche
  Juan Carlos Arteche Gómez was a Spanish footballer who played as a central defender.A player of imposing physical presence with great aerial ability, he played 11 years of his professional career with Atlético Madrid, appearing in nearly 400 official games for the club.-Club career:Born in...
  
   (1957-2010), international footballer
• Modesto Cabello Aizpeolea (1922), bolo palma
  Bolo palma
  Bolo palma is a variant of bowls played throughout the north of Spain. The game originated in Cantabria but is also played in the neighbouring Asturias and Basque Country. Records of the game go back as far as the 16th century...
  
   player
• Mateo Escagedo Salmón (1880–1934), historian
  Historian
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