The Cantabrie is a autonomous Communauté of Spain made up of only one Province, also called Cantabrie. It is surrounded by the Basque Country (province of Biscay), the Asturies and Castille-and-León (provinces of Burgos, León, and Palencia). It is bordered by the sea Cantabrique. Santander is the capital of this community. The national park of the Pics of Europe is located at horse on Cantabrie, Asturies and Castille-and-León, in the mountainous solid mass of the same name.

Etymology

Before the Roman period, Cantabrie was inhabited by people called the Cantabres . This name does not have any relationship with Cantabrigia , the version Latin E of Cambridge. Many authors put forth assumptions on the name of Cantabres, of which Isidore of Seville, Julio Caro Baroja, Aureliano Fernández Guerra, Joaquín Gonzalez Echegaray, like Adolf Schulten. There does not exist consensus, however much of experts suggest that this word derives from the Celtic root cant- , meaning “rock” or “stone”, and of the suffix - abr , used in many Celtes areas. One can thus deduce from it that the word cántabro means “to live in the mountains”, in reference to the rocky ground from Cantabrie.

Geography

Surface: 5.321 km ²

Means of transport:

Highways - trunk roads: Autovía del Cantábrico (A-8), Autovía of Meseta (in construction), N-623.

Port: Puerto de Raos (Santander)

Airport: Aeropuerto de Parayas (Santander)

Climate: Cantabrie (northern slope) is famous for its Climat soft and rainy.

The the Bay of Biscay, which borders Cantabrie, is called Mar Cantabrico in Spanish in connection with this autonomous community.

Parliament of the autonomous Community

The Parliament of the autonomous Community of Cantabrie counts 39 seats. At the time of the elections of May 27th, 2007, the Popular party lost 1 seat, passing from 18 to 17 seats, PSOE 3 seats, from 13 to 10, these 4 seats were gained by the regionalistic Parti of Cantabrie (PRC), which passed from 8 to 12 seats. The outgoing coalition (2003-2007) was made up of the PRC and the PSOE, the two precedents (1995-1999 and 1999-2003) by the PRC and PP.

Communes

See List of the communes of Cantabrie.

Economy

GNP (2002): 8 911,5 million euros.

Cantabrie in images

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