Municipalities in Cantabria by registered unemployment

Name: Municipalities in Cantabria by registered unemployment, February 2026
Creator: Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal
License: Spanish public sector information reuse (Ley 37/2007, attribution required)

Santander had the highest registered unemployment of 102 municipalities in February 2026, at 9,153. Tresviso had the lowest, at 0. The median was 85 and the figure for Cantabria was 29,384. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest9,153Santander

Lowest0Tresviso

Median85102 municipalities

Cantabria29,384History

Top 40 municipalities, February 2026

CSV Chart (SVG)

persons. Source: SEPE. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	February 2026 persons	Change on February 2025
1	Santander	9,153	-3%
2	Torrelavega	3,244	-0.7%
3	Castro-Urdiales	1,872	-0.2%
4	Camargo	1,462	-5.7%
5	Piélagos	1,009	-4.4%
6	El Astillero	899	-1.3%
7	Los Corrales de Buelna	601	+4%
8	Laredo	541	-2.2%
9	Santoña	525	-14.9%
10	Santa Cruz de Bezana	523	+1%
11	Santa María de Cayón	462	+2.7%
12	Suances	419	+1.7%
13	Reinosa	413	+14.1%
14	Reocín	388	-2.8%
15	Colindres	373	-11.6%
16	Cabezón de la Sal	353	-0.3%
17	Medio Cudeyo	342	+6.2%
18	Polanco	311	+8%
19	Cartes	309	-4%
20	Miengo	280	+3.7%
21	Bárcena de Cicero	257	-1.2%
22	Ampuero	239	-3.2%
23	Entrambasaguas	226	-0.9%
24	Marina de Cudeyo	209	-0.5%
25	Ramales de la Victoria	206	+3.5%
26	Santillana del Mar	196	+9.5%
27	Castañeda	178	+14.1%
28	Ribamontán al Mar	174	-8.4%
29	Villaescusa	172	+3.6%
30	Voto	146	+2.8%
31	San Vicente de la Barquera	145	-6.5%
32	San Felices de Buelna	122	+4.3%
33	Noja	120	-18.9%
34	Guriezo	119	-4.8%
35	Campoo de Enmedio	116	+0.9%
36	Meruelo	113	+6.6%
37	Alfoz de Lloredo	108	+1.9%
38	Corvera de Toranzo	104	+5.1%
39	Limpias	99	-20.2%
39	Val de San Vicente	99	-2.9%
41	Arnuero	97	+2.1%
41	Penagos	97	-4.9%
43	Bareyo	96	-5%
44	Hazas de Cesto	95	+5.6%
44	Ribamontán al Monte	95	-1%
46	Puente Viesgo	93	-4.1%
47	Liérganes	92	0%
48	Arenas de Iguña	89	+21.9%
49	Riotuerto	88	-8.3%
50	Argoños	85	+7.6%
50	Mazcuerras	85	-10.5%
50	Santiurde de Toranzo	85	+3.7%
53	Molledo	82	-8.9%
53	Selaya	82	-15.5%
55	Valdáliga	76	+2.7%
56	Solórzano	72	+7.5%
57	Comillas	70	+9.4%
58	Villafufre	60	-3.2%
59	Valdeolea	53	-3.6%
59	Villacarriedo	53	-15.9%
61	Rasines	49	-12.5%
61	Ruente	49	-5.8%
63	Cillorigo de Liébana	48	-5.9%
64	Liendo	47	-2.1%
64	Udías	47	0%
66	Ruiloba	45	+4.7%
66	Valderredible	45	+2.3%
66	Vega de Pas	45	+12.5%
69	Hermandad de Campoo de Suso	44	+4.8%
70	Potes	41	-6.8%
70	Soba	41	+20.6%
72	Cabuérniga	40	+2.6%
73	Rionansa	39	-18.8%
74	Bárcena de Pie de Concha	37	-17.8%
75	Saro	34	+13.3%
76	Ruesga	32	-23.8%
77	San Roque de Riomiera	30	0%
78	Campoo de Yuso	28	+27.3%
79	Escalante	26	-7.1%
79	Luena	26	+4%
81	Arredondo	24	-22.6%
81	Cieza	24	-14.3%
81	Miera	24	+4.3%
84	San Pedro del Romeral	23	-4.2%
85	Camaleño	22	-33.3%
86	Vega de Liébana	20	+11.1%
87	Herrerías	18	-30.8%
88	Los Tojos	17	+6.3%
89	Las Rozas de Valdearroyo	16	-20%
90	Anievas	15	-11.8%
90	Cabezón de Liébana	15	0%
90	Lamasón	15	+7.1%
90	Tudanca	15	0%
90	Valdeprado del Río	15	-6.3%
95	Valle de Villaverde	13	-13.3%
96	Peñarrubia	11	-26.7%
96	Polaciones	11	-8.3%
98	San Miguel de Aguayo	6	-53.8%
99	Pesaguero	5	n/a
99	Pesquera	5	-28.6%
99	Santiurde de Reinosa	5	n/a
102	Tresviso	0	n/a

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About this ranking

Job seekers registered as unemployed at public employment offices on the last working day of the month.

Administrative count, available down to municipality. Not the survey-based unemployment rate.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the municipalities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal (SEPE). Paro registrado por municipios. https://sede.sepe.gob.es/es/portaltrabaja/resources/sede/datos_abiertos/datos/Paro_por_municipios_2026_csv.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which municipality has the highest registered unemployment?

Santander, with 9,153 in February 2026, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment?

Tresviso, with 0 in February 2026.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal, Paro registrado por municipios. Retrieved 2026-10-08.