[2] Suances is located in the central coast of Cantabria, in the Ría de San Martín de la Arena, where the rivers Saja and Besaya flow to the Cantabric sea.

Andrés Ruiz Moya (PSOE) has been the mayor of Suances since 2007.

Due to the beaches and the hotels, Suances is the most important centre of tourism in the central coast of Cantabria.

A very important monument is the cave of "Las Brujas", an archeological site of paintings made with the hands, from the Palaeolithic era.

The municipality has two listed properties: La Mota de Tres Palacios, a medieval fortification in Hinojedo; and the wall that surrounds the former convent of Trinitarias.