Editing Cantabria (section)

==Economy==
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[[File:Santander.Banco.Santander.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Banco Santander]] headquarters, in ''Paseo de Pereda'', Santander]]
The [[economy]] of Cantabria has a [[primary sector]], now in decline, employing 5.8% of the active population in the [[industry (economics)|industries]] of cattle farming, traditional dairy farming, and meat production; agriculture, especially corn, potatoes, vegetables, and roughage; maritime fishing; and the mining of [[zinc]] and [[quarry|quarries]].

The [[secondary sector]] which employs 30.3% of the active population is the sector with the most productivity in recent years due to construction; that of [[ironwork]]ing (Reinosa being the most important city), food service (milk, meat, vegetables and seafood), [[chemical industry|chemistry]] (Solvay, Sniace), paper production (Sinace, Papelera del Besaya), [[textile]] fabrication (Textil Santanderina in Cabezón de la Sal), [[pharmacy]] (Moehs in Requejada), industrial groups and transport, etc. The [[service sector]] employs 63.8% of the active population and is increasing, given that large concentrations of the population live in the urban centers and the importance that [[tourism]] has acquired in the recent years. As of July 2014, the [[unemployment]] rate in Cantabria is 19.3%, compared to 24.47% in Spain; while as of April 2010 its [[purchasing power parity]] was €25,326, compared to €26,100 in Spain and €25,100 in the [[European Union|EU]]25. In 2007, Cantabria's growth of real [[GDP]] was 4.1%, compared to a 3.9% average for Spain. The [[Gross domestic product]] (GDP) of the region was 13.8 billion € in 2018. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was €25,500  or 84% of the EU27 average in the same year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/10474907/1-05032020-AP-EN.pdf/81807e19-e4c8-2e53-c98a-933f5bf30f58|title=Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018|website=Eurostat}}</ref>