Annex: Municipalities of Cantabria

Situation of the community in the north of the Iberian peninsula

Cantabria shield.

Cantabria is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain and is divided into 102 municipalities, in accordance with the territorial organization included in article 137 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978:

The State is organized territorially in municipalities, provinces and autonomous communities. All these entities enjoy autonomy in the management of their respective interests.

Spanish Constitution of 1978, Title VIII, Article 137.

The figure of the municipality is defined in the Law Regulating the Bases of the Local Regime as “the basic local entity of the territorial organization of the state”, with “legal personality and full capacity for the fulfillment of its purposes" and its elements are "the territory, the population and the organization".

The administration and government of the municipality is carried out through a collegiate body called the city council or mayor's office, headed by a one-person institution: the mayor. Until 2011, the municipalities of Tresviso and Pesquera were governed through a type of traditional assembly system called open council, but with the change in law, both abandoned this system to be governed through representation in mayors and councilors.

In general, municipalities have several locations, one of which is the municipal seat, which usually houses the town hall. Some municipalities have the name of one of their localities —whether it is their municipal seat or not— and others do not share a name with any of them. There may also be other infra-municipal government bodies that enjoy a certain degree of management autonomy. These are the so-called minor local entities, which correspond to villages, parishes or districts, whose legal representation resides in their neighborhood council. Each entity has a municipality code made up of five or six numbers; the first two correspond to the code of the province, the next three to that of the municipality within it and the last one is a control digit to detect errors.

It should be noted that the Campoo-Cabuérniga Commonwealth does not constitute per se a municipality, even despite the extension of its territory. It is a large communal property unique due to its size and characteristics, shared management between the municipalities of the Brotherhood of Campoo de Suso, Cabuérniga, Los Tojos and Ruente.

Municipal elections

Municipal elections are held on the fourth Sunday of May every four years, coinciding with the regional elections.

The electoral system that they follow is regulated by the Organic Law of the General Electoral Regime (LOREG), and is based on voting through closed lists and the assignment of councilors following the D'Hondt system. The electoral threshold required for each candidacy to obtain representation is 5% of the valid votes cast.

Citizens of the countries of the European Union registered in Cantabria have the right to active and passive suffrage, in accordance with the laws that have been established to comply with European Council Directive 94/80/CE.

Citizens of countries with reciprocity agreements can also vote, including: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, South Korea, Ecuador, Iceland, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela. On the other hand, Spanish citizens residing in some non-EU countries such as Norway also enjoy the right to vote, despite the absence of a reciprocity agreement.

The number of councilors per municipality is assigned based on the people registered in it, according to the following relationship:

• Up to 100 inhabitants, 3 councillors.
• 101 to 250, 5 councillors.
• 251 to 1000, 7 councillors.
• From 1001 to 2000, 9 councillors.
• From 2001 to 5000, 11 councillors.
• From 5001 to 10,000, 13 councillors.
• 10 001 to 20 000, 17 councilors.
• From 20 001 to 50 000, 21 councillors.
• 50 001 to 100 000, 25 councillors.

Map

List of municipalities

Code INE	Municipality	Population (2022)	Surface (km2)	Map	Shield	Flag	Brotherhood
39001	Alfoz de Lloredo	2466	46.73
39002	Ampu	4384	32,47				Eauze
39003	Anievas	267	21.66
39004	Arenas de Iguña	1734	86.15
39005	Argoños	1848	5,56
39006	Arnuero	2170	24,70
39007	Arredondo	471	46,88
39008	Shipyard, El	18 153	6.56				Chiclana de la Frontera
39009	Bárcena de Cicero	4503	36,25
39010	Bárcena de Pie de Concha	663	30.54
39011	Bareyo	2149	32,30
39012	Salt head	8208	33,23
39013	Liébana head	574	81.43
39014	Cabuérniga	994	85.76
39015	Camaleño	966	161.89
39016	Camargo	30 374	36,98				Cugnaux
39017	Campoo de Enmedio	3704	91.31
39018	Yuso field	688	89.47
39019	Carts	5781	18,93
39020	Castañeda	3067	19,22
39021	Castro-Urdiales	33 109	96.06				Air-sur-l'Adour Bucraa Cabourg
39022	Cieza	548	44,07
39023	Cillorigo de Liébana	1306	106.58
39024	Colindres	8512	5,92				Le Haillan
39025	Comillas	2126	18,46				Arignano
39026	Corrales de Buelna, Los	10 742	45,29				La Haie-Fouassière
39027	Corvera de Toranzo	2115	50.04
39028	Entrambasaguas	5418	43,19
39029	Scale	759	18,81
39030	Guriezo	2432	79.51
39031	Doas de Cesto	1697	21.88
39032	Brotherhood of Campoo de Suso	1601	223,02
39033	Herrerías	594	40,00
39034	Lamason	258	70.52
39035	Laredo	10 967	15.30				Cenon Laredo
39036	Ling	1235	26,42
39037	Liérgans	2423	36,85
39038	Clean	1993	9,977
39039	Luena	622	90.72
39040	Marina de Cudeyo	5170	29.30
39041	Mazerras	2095	56.01
39042	Middle Cudeyo	7663	26,43
39043	Meruelo	2212	16,36
39044	Miengo	5123	24,45
39045	Miera	391	34,11
39046	Molledo	1495	70.98				Molleo
39047	Noja	2664	9,27
39048	Penagos	2207	31,67
39049	Peñarrubia	317	53,06
39050	Pesaguero	287	70.19
39051	Pesquera	79	8,83
39052	Bats	26 279	84.31
39053	Poles	216	89.76
39054	Polanco	6126	17.61				Bruges
39055	Potes	1330	7.66
39056	Bridge Viesgo	2894	35,91
39057	Branches of Victoria	2958	32,52				Malestroit
39058	Rasines	996	43,73
39059	Kingdom	8660	4.06				♪ Reynosa
39060	Reoclin	8455	32.11
39061	Ribamontán al Mar	4695	37,67				Bignoux
39062	Ribamontán al Monte	2436	42.30
39063	Rionansa	1026	118.38
39064	Riotuerto	1659	30.40
39065	Rozas de Valdearroyo, Las	261	57.54
39066	Ruente	1045	66.13				Savignac-les-Églises
39067	Ruesga	815	87.59
39068	Ruiloba	759	15,21
39069	San Felices de Buelna	2373	36,18
39070	San Miguel de Aguayo	154	36,20
39071	San Pedro del Romeral	460	57.31
39072	San Roque de Riomiera	337	35,63
39073	Saint Vincent de la Barquera	4030	41,74				Pornichet
39074	Santa Cruz de Bezana	13 482	17,34				Martignas-sur-Jalle
39075	Santa Maria de Cayón	9192	47,64
39076	Santander	171 693	36,08				San Luis Potosí
39077	Santillana del Mar	4250	28,50				Le Dorat
39078	Santiurde of Reinosa	242	31,14
39079	Santiurde de Toranzo	1711	36,32
39080	Holy	10 857	11,34				Lons Palos de la Frontera The Port of Santa Maria
39081	Saro	520	18,02
39082	Selaya	1849	39.12
39083	Soba	1131	214,45
39084	Solórzano	1068	25,48
39085	Scope	9115	24,53				Bassens
39086	Tojos, Los	380	89.49
39087	Torrelavega	51 142	35,53				Zug Old Havana Louga Rochefort-sur-Mer
39088	Three times	54	15,96
39089	Tudanca	150	52,57
3909090	You guys	951	19,94
39091	Val de San Vicente	2801	51,04				Mios
39092	Valdáliga	2162	97.77
39093	Valdeolea	905	83.64
39094	Valdeprado del Río	322	88.93
39095	Valderredible	945	298,48
39096	Villaverde Valley	266	19,65
39097	Vega de Liébana	713	132.86
39098	Vega de Pas	730	87.52
39099	Villacarriedo	1640	50.96
39100	Villaescusa	3937	28,41
39101	Villafufre	1030	30.06
39102	Vote	2876	77,82