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Cantabria

Comunidad Autónoma de
Cantabria
CapitalSantander
Area
 - total
 - % of Spain
Ranked 15th
5 321 km²
1,0%
Population
 - Total (2003)
 - % of Spain
 - Density
Ranked 14th
542 275
1,3%
101,91/km²
Demonym
 - English
 - Spanish

Cantabrian
cántabro/a, cantábrico/a
Statute of Autonomy January 11, 1982
ISO 3166-2S
Parliamentary
representation

 Congress seats
 Senate seats
 

5
1
PresidentMiguel Ángel Revilla Roiz (PRC)
Gobierno de Cantabria

Cantabria is an autonomous community of Spain, containing one province (formerly called the province of Santander).

It is bounded on the east by the Basque Country (province of Vizcaya), on the south by Castile-Leon (provinces of León, Palencia, and Burgos), on the west by Asturias, and on the north by the Bay of Biscay.

Its capital is Santander. See also List of communities in Cantabria.

Cantabria shares the Parque Nacional Picos de Europa (in the Picos de Europa mountain range) with Asturias and with León province.

Autonomous communities of Spain
Andalusia
Aragon
Asturias
Balearic Is
Basque Country
Canary Is
Cantabria
Castile-La Mancha
Castile-Leon
Catalonia
Extremadura
Galicia
La Rioja
Madrid
Murcia
Navarre
Valencia
Plazas de soberanía