Cantabrian people
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| Notable Cantabrians: 'Beatus of Liébana' 'Juan de Herrera' 'Pedro Velarde y Santillán ' 'Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo ' ' Emilio Botín ' 'Seve Ballesteros' |
| Total population |
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| 591,886 |
| Regions with significant populations |
| In Spain: Cantabria; Basque Country, Asturias, Cádiz, Madrid. |
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The Cantabrians are an ethnic group living in the historical region of Cantabria, in the north of the Iberian Peninsula[1]. Sometimes they are referred to as "montañeses" in English "Highlander". The term is also a demonym for the people of Canterbury, New Zealand and other areas named Canterbury.
[edit] References
- ^ "Even today, Cantabrians (the Pasiego included, Lebaniegos excluded), at the North of the Iberian Peninsula, seem to be a genetically well differentiated community, as deduced from uniparental and autosomal markers, perhaps to a higher degree than their neighbours, the Basques". http://grupos.unican.es/acanto/aep/bolpas/Ann-Hum-Genet.pdf.
[edit] See also
- Cantabri
- Cantabria
- Cantabrian language
- Duchy of Cantabria
- Kingdom of Asturias
- Crown of Castile
- Nationalities of Spain
- Celtic peoples
- Celtic nations
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