Municipalities in Cantabria province by registered unemployment

Name: Municipalities in Cantabria province by registered unemployment, January 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 101 municipalities in January 2026, at 8,924. Tresviso had the lowest, at 0. The median was 86 and the figure for Cantabria province was 29,008. Source: the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Highest8,924Santander

Lowest0Tresviso

Median86101 municipalities

Cantabria province29,008History

Top 40 municipalities, January 2026

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	January 2026 persons	Change on January 2025
1	Santander	8,924	-6%
2	Torrelavega	3,245	-0.5%
3	Castro-Urdiales	1,852	-3.5%
4	Camargo	1,433	-5.4%
5	Piélagos	994	-5%
6	El Astillero	885	-5.2%
7	Los Corrales de Buelna	590	0%
8	Laredo	539	-2.2%
9	Santoña	533	-12.9%
10	Santa Cruz de Bezana	522	+1.8%
11	Santa María de Cayón	461	-0.9%
12	Reinosa	412	+18.1%
12	Suances	412	-0.2%
14	Colindres	383	-10.9%
15	Reocín	372	-5.6%
16	Cabezón de la Sal	352	+0.6%
17	Medio Cudeyo	325	-6.6%
18	Cartes	306	-8.9%
19	Polanco	296	+0.7%
20	Miengo	273	-0.4%
21	Bárcena de Cicero	253	-1.6%
22	Ampuero	245	0%
23	Entrambasaguas	226	-4.6%
24	Ramales de la Victoria	208	+1.5%
25	Marina de Cudeyo	202	-2.9%
26	Santillana del Mar	187	+6.9%
27	Villaescusa	182	+8.3%
28	Castañeda	176	+8%
29	Ribamontán al Mar	166	-17%
30	San Vicente de la Barquera	148	-12.9%
31	Voto	140	-6%
32	Noja	126	-18.7%
33	San Felices de Buelna	124	+9.7%
34	Campoo de Enmedio	120	0%
35	Alfoz de Lloredo	112	+2.8%
36	Guriezo	109	-18.7%
37	Corvera de Toranzo	107	+1.9%
38	Meruelo	106	+1.9%
39	Arnuero	101	+3.1%
40	Limpias	100	-16.7%
41	Penagos	98	-4.9%
42	Hazas de Cesto	96	+6.7%
43	Bareyo	95	-10.4%
44	Ribamontán al Monte	94	-3.1%
45	Liérganes	93	-9.7%
45	Riotuerto	93	-7.9%
45	Val de San Vicente	93	-10.6%
48	Mazcuerras	90	-7.2%
48	Puente Viesgo	90	-11.8%
50	Arenas de Iguña	89	+18.7%
51	Selaya	86	-11.3%
52	Argoños	83	+2.5%
53	Molledo	82	-6.8%
54	Santiurde de Toranzo	76	-6.2%
55	Comillas	71	-1.4%
55	Valdáliga	71	-1.4%
57	Solórzano	65	-1.5%
58	Valdeolea	57	+3.6%
59	Villafufre	55	-11.3%
60	Cillorigo de Liébana	53	0%
60	Villacarriedo	53	-14.5%
62	Ruente	50	-2%
63	Liendo	48	-11.1%
63	Rasines	48	-12.7%
65	Ruiloba	46	0%
65	Vega de Pas	46	+17.9%
67	Valderredible	45	+7.1%
68	Potes	44	-12%
68	Rionansa	44	-10.2%
70	Cabuérniga	43	+2.4%
71	Hermandad de Campoo de Suso	41	-10.9%
71	Soba	41	+13.9%
73	Udías	39	-22%
74	Saro	36	+33.3%
75	Bárcena de Pie de Concha	34	-29.2%
75	Ruesga	34	-10.5%
75	San Roque de Riomiera	34	+9.7%
78	Campoo de Yuso	31	+34.8%
79	Cieza	27	-3.6%
79	Luena	27	-10%
81	Arredondo	25	-28.6%
81	Camaleño	25	-26.5%
83	Miera	24	+14.3%
84	San Pedro del Romeral	23	-4.2%
85	Escalante	21	-25%
86	Vega de Liébana	20	+25%
87	Herrerías	19	-32.1%
88	Los Tojos	17	+21.4%
89	Lamasón	16	+14.3%
89	Las Rozas de Valdearroyo	16	-23.8%
89	Valdeprado del Río	16	+6.7%
92	Anievas	14	-17.6%
92	Valle de Villaverde	14	0%
94	Cabezón de Liébana	13	-18.8%
94	Polaciones	13	+18.2%
94	Tudanca	13	-13.3%
97	Peñarrubia	12	-29.4%
98	Pesaguero	7	0%
98	San Miguel de Aguayo	7	-46.2%
100	Santiurde de Reinosa	5	n/a
101	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. 1 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for January 2026 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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 8,924 in January 2026, according to the Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal.

Which municipality has the lowest registered unemployment?

Tresviso, with 0 in January 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. 1 municipalities have no value for January 2026 and are not ranked.