Burgos · Castilla y León · CP 09025
Arija
Arija: living in Burgos
Arija offers 2366 sunshine hours a year, near-full fibre coverage and regional rural tax incentives — a strong option for rural relocation in Spain.
Population
115
Avg. summer temp
18.6°C
Best place to buy a house
#2566 / 8133
Overall score
6.8/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 6.2/10
Average. Housing about 922 €/m²; cost of living at 42% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 5.9/10
Average. Hospital ~86 min; airport ~114 min; Renfe ~4 min; coach ~32 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 4.8/10
Average. About 2,366 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~26.2°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.6/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 96% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 4.5/10
Average. 5 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 7.6/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 93.8% of padrón; international residents 6.2%.
- Future0.0
Future · 4.4/10
Average. Population 0.0% vs last year; registered unemployment −100.0% over the series; mean age 54.3; foreign residents 6.2%; property prices +4.5% YoY. Growing places with improving jobs score higher.
- Tax0.0
Tax · 7.8/10
In this place taxes are lower than in peer places
- Beauty0.0
Beauty · 6.3/10
Average. Founding/earliest record ~1,950; Natura 2000 covers about 100.0% of the area (nearest site ~0.0 km).
Place location
Arija in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
54.3
<16
6.5%
16–64
55.6%
65+
38%
International community
Spanish nationals: 121 (93.8%)
Foreign residents: 8 (6.2%)
- France: 3
- Venezuela: 3
- Morocco: 2
Housing
Price €/m²
€922
Flats €/m²
848 €
Houses €/m²
996 €
6-year change
+30.2%
Province rank: # / 414 · 58% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 34032 (22.5km)
278 approx. sunny days · 30 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
95.7%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Burgos
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Hoces del Alto Ebro y Rudrón (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 10.9 km
- 02Saja-Besaya (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 17.6 km
- 03Ojo Guareña (Open in Maps)
Monumento Natural · 19.9 km
- 04Montaña Palentina (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 23.7 km
- 05Covalagua (Open in Maps)
Paisaje Protegido · 24.9 km
Day trip
- 06Collados del Asón (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 31.6 km
- 07Las Tuerces (Open in Maps)
Paisaje Protegido · 33.5 km
- 08La Viesca (Open in Maps)
Área Natural de Especial Interés · 39.2 km
- 09Cuevas del Pendo-Peñajorao (Open in Maps)
Área Natural de Especial Interés · 43.4 km
- 10Pozo Tremeo (Open in Maps)
Área Natural de Especial Interés · 44.4 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Arija
€2,611
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€1,667
People in Madrid pay more tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€2,257
People in Barcelona pay more tax than here
In Arija you pay €1,002 less tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
0%
SEPE unemployed
0
Affiliated workers (approx.)
46
Self-employed (approx.)
10
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
- SI-A
Christophe Patrick Joseph Maraval de Bonnery (SI-ARIJA)
2023–2027 · Agrupación de Electores Si-Empre Arija
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Official municipal budget figures are not attached for this place yet — we do not show invented surplus/deficit numbers.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto de Santander (SDR) · 95.7 km · 114 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Santander) · 91.6 km · 86 min
High-speed rail
AVE Valladolid Campo Grande · 198.6 km · 148 min
Nearest coast
Playa El Sardinero (Santander) · 95.8 km · 95 min
Nearest city
Burgos · 99.3 km · 93 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · ARIJA · 1 km · 4 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Luena · 26.2 km · 32 min
Local services
This checklist is built from data pulled from other services and may be wrong. If something looks incorrect, click the flag icon to tell us what it should be.
Official sources where available (Diputación de Málaga, Junta education, MITECO fuel stations) plus Overture Maps for shops and clinics. “Yes” means found in those sources; “Unknown” means we cannot confirm yet; “No” is only used when absence is clear (e.g. consultorio but no hospital).
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Registered vehicles
Compared with the average across ranked places, per 1,000 inhabitants.
Cars
112
974 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Trucks
30
261 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
25
217 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Buses
0
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
0
0 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2366 sunshine hours
Arija averages about 2366 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 95.7%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (95.7%) makes Arija a practical base for remote work.
About Arija
Arija is a municipality in Burgos (Castilla y León) with about 4,026 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 1526 €/m². Compare Arija with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 09025 · CP 09025 · lat 42.98724577032781, lon -3.950961778431424 · 326 m · Income: €25,698