León · Castilla y León · CP 24014
Bembibre
Bembibre: living in León
Bembibre offers 2437 sunshine hours a year, housing prices below the peer average and near-full fibre coverage — a strong option for remote work in Spain.
Population
8,041
Avg. summer temp
20.5°C
Best place to buy a house
#1618 / 8133
Overall score
7.1/10
Images: Wikimedia Commons / Wikipedia · Wikipedia — Everything on this website is pulled from open data sources, so the site administrator cannot take full responsibility for the accuracy of the information.
Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 7.4/10
More affordable than peer places. Housing about 792 €/m²; cost of living at 36% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 6.5/10
Average. Hospital ~77 min; airport ~136 min; Renfe ~21 min; coach ~8 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 4.7/10
Average. About 2,437 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~27.0°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.8/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 98% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 9.1/10
Better than other places. 10 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 8.7/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 93.5% of padrón; international residents 6.5%.
- Future0.0
Future · 4.1/10
Average. Population −1.4% vs last year; registered unemployment −29.2% over the series; mean age 49.3; foreign residents 6.5%; property prices +4.0% YoY. Growing places with improving jobs score higher.
- Tax0.0
Tax · 6.4/10
In this place taxes are about average vs peer places
- Beauty0.0
Beauty · 4.3/10
Average. Founding/earliest record ~-750; Natura 2000 covers about 0.0% of the area (nearest site ~19.2 km).
Place location
Bembibre in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
49.3
<16
9.7%
16–64
64%
65+
26.3%
International community
Spanish nationals: 8,139 (93.5%)
Foreign residents: 566 (6.5%)
- Portugal: 233
- Morocco: 60
- Pakistan: 58
- Bulgaria: 30
- Romania: 30
- China: 16
- Argentina: 12
- Colombia: 10
English speakers ≈ 5
Housing
Price €/m²
€792
Flats €/m²
729 €
Houses €/m²
855 €
6-year change
+26.5%
Province rank: # / 215 · 27% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land (42.65, -6.44)
287 approx. sunny days · 11 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
97.9%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to León
Nature & outings
Day trip
- 01Fuentes del Narcea, Degaña e Ibias (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 30.6 km
- 02Babia y Luna (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 34.4 km
- 03Serra da Enciña da Lastra (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 36.2 km
- 04Muniellos (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Integral · 39.3 km
- 05Somiedo (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 43.3 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Bembibre
€4,484
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€206
People in Madrid pay less tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€384
People in Barcelona pay more tax than here
In Bembibre you pay €871 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
7.3%
SEPE unemployed
375
Affiliated workers (approx.)
3,649
Self-employed (approx.)
618
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Municipal finance
Income 2025
€11,047,329
Expenses
€11,046,831
Balance
€498
Spending by function (k€)
Local government
Silvia Maria Cao Fornis (PSOE)
2023–2027 · Partido Socialista Obrero Español
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto de A Coruña (LCG) · 221.5 km · 136 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (León) · 99.7 km · 77 min
High-speed rail
AVE León · 98.3 km · 71 min
Nearest coast
Playa de Riazor (A Coruña) · 223.3 km · 137 min
Nearest city
León · 99.7 km · 77 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · BEMBIBRE · 6.9 km · 21 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Rodanillo · 1.4 km · 8 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).
| Service | Yes | Unknown | No | Flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supermarket | ||||
| Grocery | ||||
| Bakery | ||||
| Butcher | ||||
| Pharmacy | ||||
| Health centre | ||||
| Dentist | ||||
| Psychologist | ||||
| Vet | ||||
| Hospital | ||||
| Nursing home | ||||
| Kindergarten | ||||
| School | ||||
| Secondary school | ||||
| Adult education | ||||
| Post office | ||||
| Bank | ||||
| Town hall | ||||
| Police | ||||
| Petrol station | ||||
| Bar / café | ||||
| Restaurant | ||||
| Cinema | ||||
| Swimming pool | ||||
| Sports centre | ||||
| Library |
Registered vehicles
Compared with the average across ranked places, per 1,000 inhabitants.
Cars
4,957
616 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
1,096
136 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
563
70 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
8
1 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
43
9 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2437 sunshine hours
Bembibre averages about 2437 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 97.9%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (97.9%) makes Bembibre a practical base for remote work.
Housing ~€792/m²
Asking prices around €792 per m² sit below the peer average among comparable Spanish towns.
About Bembibre
Bembibre is a municipality in León (Castilla y León) with about 1,081 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 2781 €/m². Compare Bembibre with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 24014 · CP 24014 · lat 42.64792343300899, lon -6.436809729871502 · 981 m · Income: €32,606