Moving to Cantabria
Steps and rules that apply across Cantabria, each with its official page, and the cities we cover in full.
Cities in Cantabria
Steps across Cantabria
Health
Book a GP appointment in Cantabria (cita previa, MiSalud@SCS)
SCS offers online appointment booking and the MiSalud@SCS portal.
Find or change your health center and GP in Cantabria
Cantabria’s SCS publishes a health-center finder; the sources seen do not describe how to change your assigned center or doctor.
Get vaccinated in Cantabria (seasonal campaign and appointments)
How the SCS runs the autumn flu and COVID-19 campaign and where to book.
Education
Enroll a child in school in Cantabria (admission process)
Cantabria runs a regional admission procedure (ordinary and extraordinary) for publicly funded schools at Infantil, Primaria, ESO and Bachillerato.
Pets
Register your dog: microchip and the Cantabria RACI registry
Dogs, cats and ferrets in Cantabria must be identified by an authorized veterinarian and entered in the RACI regional registry.
Good to know in Cantabria
- Cantabria IRPF deduction: habitual residence in a municipality at risk of depopulation
- Cantabria IRPF deduction: investment by new taxpayers arriving from abroad
- Cantabria IRPF deduction: moving and settling-in costs for new residents from another Spanish region
- Cantabria IRPF deduction: rental of primary residence for young people, over-65s and people with disability
- Climate in Cantabria: what to expect
- Cost of wages and minimum wage in Cantabria
- First-time tarjeta sanitaria (health card) in Cantabria: at your health center
- Get around Cantabria: Transporte Cantabria card, regional buses and Cercanías
- Healthcare access in Cantabria for foreign residents without legal residence authorization (Orden SAN/2/2023)
- Know the Cantabria regional taxes that affect residents
- Know urgent care vs the ER in Cantabria (061, 112)
- Learn Spanish at a public adult education center (CEPA) in Cantabria
- Obtain the Cantabria public health card (tarjeta sanitaria)
- Register as a job seeker in Cantabria (Empleacantabria)
- Rental deposit (fianza) in Cantabria
- School admission (Infantil/Primaria/ESO/Bachillerato) application window in Cantabria: set annually, no fixed calendar date
- Shop opening on Sundays and holidays in Cantabria
- Social-services entry point in Cantabria
- Specialists and mental health care in Cantabria
- Understand rent levels in Santander and Cantabria
- Use pharmacies and find the farmacia de guardia in Cantabria
Official sites for Cantabria
Topics: Health · Education · Taxes
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