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Cantabria Map

Every municipality, city and town in Cantabria on one zoomable map, with its main highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and municipalities above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a municipality to see its population, area and largest towns.

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Printable maps of Cantabria

Free to print for class and home: Cantabria with its cities and towns, a map of its municipalities, and a blank outline map. PDFs fit one A4 or US Letter page.

Cantabria map with cities

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Cantabria municipalities map

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Key facts

Capital
Santander
Largest city
Santander (175,425)
Population
593,964 (2025)
Area
5,330 km² (2,058 sq mi)
Municipalities of Cantabria
102
Most populous municipality
Santander (175,425)
Largest municipality by area
Valderredible, 298 km² (115 sq mi)
Map of Cantabria with its largest cities
Map of Cantabria with its largest cities

About Cantabria

Cantabria has 102 municipalities and about 593,964 people (2025) on 5,330 km² (2,058 sq mi). Santander is both the capital and the largest city, with 175,425 people. It borders Asturias, Basque Country and Castile and León.

Santander is the most populous municipality (175,425 people) and Tresviso the least (52); Valderredible is the largest by area (298 km²) and Reinosa the smallest (4.1 km²).

Largest cities in Cantabria

The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 102 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.

#CityMunicipalityPopulation
1SantanderSantander175,425
2TorrelavegaTorrelavega51,796
3Castro-UrdialesCastro-Urdiales33,450
4CamargoCamargo30,577
5PiélagosPiélagos26,901
6El AstilleroEl Astillero18,448
7Santa Cruz de BezanaSanta Cruz de Bezana13,904
8Los Corrales de BuelnaLos Corrales de Buelna10,958
9SantoñaSantoña10,835
10LaredoLaredo10,698
11Santa María de CayónSanta María de Cayón9,538
12SuancesSuances9,034
13ColindresColindres8,570
14ReinosaReinosa8,570
15ReocínReocín8,389
16Cabezón de la SalCabezón de la Sal8,226
17Medio CudeyoMedio Cudeyo7,775
18PolancoPolanco6,304
19CartesCartes5,874
20EntrambasaguasEntrambasaguas5,693
21MiengoMiengo5,265
22Marina de CudeyoMarina de Cudeyo5,221
23Bárcena de CiceroBárcena de Cicero4,907
24Ribamontán al MarRibamontán al Mar4,605
25AmpueroAmpuero4,518

Populations are INE's official figures from the municipal register (Padrón) on 1 January 2025; the 102 municipalities add up to the community's 593,964, the sum of its provinces on the Spain map. Towns are the municipalities themselves, each at its capital, so a town's figure is its whole municipality. The community's area also counts 1 shared land that belongs to no single municipality and has no registered residents, drawn in grey: Comunidad de Campoo y Cabuérniga, 69 km².

Municipalities of Cantabria

All 102 municipalities. Select one to show it on the map.

Municipalities of Cantabria. Select a column heading to sort; select a name to show it on the map.
Municipality2,50047
Municipality4,51832
Municipality27421
Municipality1,73587
Municipality1,8845.6
Municipality2,30025
Municipality47847
Municipality4,90736
Municipality67531
Municipality2,12432
Municipality8,22633
Municipality53081
Municipality97686
Municipality964162
Municipality30,57737
Municipality3,72991
Municipality68089
Municipality5,87419
Municipality3,29019
Municipality33,45096
Municipality52844
Municipality1,386106
Municipality8,5705.9
Municipality2,07518
Municipality2,20450
Municipality18,4486.6
Municipality5,69343
Municipality71619
Municipality2,49680
Municipality1,95722
Municipality1,619223
Municipality57040
Municipality23771
Municipality10,69815
Municipality25858
Municipality1,21826
Municipality2,36537
Municipality1,98310
Municipality10,95845
Municipality36989
Municipality60091
Municipality5,22129
Municipality2,06856
Municipality7,77526
Municipality2,32116
Municipality5,26524
Municipality39734
Municipality1,48271
Municipality2,6619.1
Municipality2,25332
Municipality30153
Municipality27571
Municipality728.8
Municipality26,90184
Municipality20990
Municipality6,30418
Municipality1,3237.8
Municipality2,89336
Municipality3,09933
Municipality98044
Municipality8,5704.1
Municipality8,38932
Municipality4,60538
Municipality2,53542
Municipality1,022118
Municipality1,68230
Municipality1,08366
Municipality81088
Municipality76915
Municipality2,37936
Municipality16436
Municipality43257
Municipality33336
Municipality3,99542
Municipality13,90417
Municipality9,53848
Municipality175,42536
Municipality4,18928
Municipality25431
Municipality1,72636
Municipality10,83511
Municipality48018
Municipality1,86839
Municipality1,057215
Municipality1,14425
Municipality9,03425
Municipality51,79636
Municipality5216
Municipality15452
Municipality96020
Municipality2,77551
Municipality2,13598
Municipality86984
Municipality30689
Municipality922298
Municipality24920
Municipality676133
Municipality77688
Municipality1,67051
Municipality3,97028
Municipality1,02230
Municipality2,97178

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Sources

  • Municipalities and the neighbouring communities: Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), Unidades administrativas de España (Base de Datos de Divisiones Administrativas, BDDAE, the source of the Líneas límite municipales; INSPIRE download service, CC BY 4.0 ign.es); areas measured on those boundaries.
  • Populations: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Cifras oficiales de población de los municipios españoles: Revisión del Padrón municipal, 1 January 2025 (by municipality).
  • Town locations: IGN, Nomenclátor Geográfico Básico de España (NGBE), the capital of each municipality.
  • Rivers, lakes and reservoirs: Sistema Cartográfico Nacional, Información Geográfica de Referencia de Hidrografía (IGN with the Ministry for the Ecological Transition's Dirección General del Agua; INSPIRE download service).
  • Motorways, autovías and national roads: EuroGeographics, EuroGlobalMap (Open Maps for Europe; Spain's data from the IGN). © EuroGeographics.