Palencia · Castilla y León · CP 34005
Alar del Rey
Alar del Rey: living in Palencia
Alar del Rey offers 2455 sunshine hours a year, housing prices below the peer average and near-full fibre coverage — a strong option for rural relocation in Spain.
Population
910
Avg. summer temp
19.2°C
Best place to buy a house
#2463 / 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 · 8.0/10
More affordable than peer places. Housing about 756 €/m²; cost of living at 34% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 7.1/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~73 min; airport ~88 min; Renfe ~9 min; coach ~15 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 4.6/10
Average. About 2,455 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~27.2°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.9/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 99% 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 · 6.2/10
Average. Spanish residents 94.2% of padrón; international residents 5.8%.
- Future0.0
Future · 4.3/10
Average. Population −0.2% vs last year; registered unemployment +8.5% over the series; mean age 50.9; foreign residents 5.8%; property prices +6.0% 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 · 3.9/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,657; Natura 2000 covers about 5.9% of the area (nearest site ~2.7 km).
Place location
Alar del Rey in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
50.9
<16
9.2%
16–64
60.2%
65+
30.6%
International community
Spanish nationals: 880 (94.2%)
Foreign residents: 54 (5.8%)
- Morocco: 43
- Colombia: 3
- Dominican Republic: 3
- Portugal: 1
- Romania: 1
- Algeria: 1
- Paraguay: 1
Housing
Price €/m²
€756
Flats €/m²
696 €
Houses €/m²
816 €
6-year change
+41.9%
Province rank: # / 191 · 32% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land (42.67, -4.30)
289 approx. sunny days · 11 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
99.3%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Palencia
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Las Tuerces (Open in Maps)
Paisaje Protegido · 7.6 km
- 02Laberinto de las Tuerces (Open in Maps)
Monumento Natural · 9.4 km
- 03Covalagua (Open in Maps)
Paisaje Protegido · 15.8 km
- 04Cascada de Covalagua (Open in Maps)
Monumento Natural · 18 km
- 05Montaña Palentina (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 23.6 km
Day trip
- 06Hoces del Alto Ebro y Rudrón (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 25.7 km
- 07Saja-Besaya (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 41.5 km
- 08Montaña de Riaño y Mampodre (Open in Maps)
Parque Regional · 50.2 km
- 09Picos de Europa (Open in Maps)
Parque Nacional · 57.5 km
- 10Montes Obarenes-San Zadornil (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 70.8 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Alar del Rey
€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 Alar del Rey you pay €1,002 less tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
9.3%
SEPE unemployed
51
Affiliated workers (approx.)
387
Self-employed (approx.)
66
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Municipal finance
Income 2022
€1,167,000
Expenses
€1,167,000
Balance
€0
Spending by function (k€)
Local government
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Roberto Santos Sevilla (PP)
2023–2027 · Partido Popular
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto de Santander (SDR) · 119.4 km · 88 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Burgos) · 90 km · 73 min
High-speed rail
AVE Valladolid Campo Grande · 131.4 km · 95 min
Nearest coast
Playa El Sardinero (Santander) · 122.1 km · 90 min
Nearest city
Palencia · 87.6 km · 92 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · ALAR DEL REY · 3.3 km · 9 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Herrera Del Pisuerga · 10.4 km · 15 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
582
640 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
146
160 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
51
56 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
1
1 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
15
26 / 1,000 cars
Above average vs peer places
Nutshell
2455 sunshine hours
Alar del Rey averages about 2455 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 99.3%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (99.3%) makes Alar del Rey a practical base for remote work.
Housing ~€756/m²
Asking prices around €756 per m² sit below the peer average among comparable Spanish towns.
About Alar del Rey
Alar del Rey is a municipality in Palencia (Castilla y León) with about 2,072 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 2272 €/m². Compare Alar del Rey with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 34005 · CP 34005 · lat 42.67282516480633, lon -4.303957341121811 · 172 m · Income: €28,126