Barcelona · Cataluña · CP 08059
Castellfollit del Boix
Castellfollit del Boix: living in Barcelona
Castellfollit del Boix offers 2634 sunshine hours a year, fibre available for remote work and a very small municipality — worth considering for rural living in Spain.
Population
467
Avg. summer temp
23°C
Best place to buy a house
#6900 / 8133
Overall score
5.5/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 0.7/10
More expensive than peer places. Housing about 2,246 €/m²; cost of living at 102% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 4.3/10
Average. Hospital ~82 min; airport ~108 min; Renfe ~— min; coach ~— min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 4.9/10
Average. About 2,634 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~29.2°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 5.9/10
Average. Fibre coverage around 54% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 0.9/10
Worse than other places. 1 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 97.9% of padrón; international residents 2.1%.
- Future0.0
Future · 5.9/10
Average. Population +1.7% vs last year; registered unemployment −8.3% over the series; mean age 45.2; foreign residents 2.1%; property prices +6.5% YoY. Growing places with improving jobs score higher.
- Tax0.0
Tax · 1.5/10
In this place taxes are higher than in peer places
- Beauty0.0
Beauty · 3.6/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~315; Natura 2000 covers about 0.0% of the area (nearest site ~999.0 km).
Place location
Castellfollit del Boix in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
45.2
<16
16.1%
16–64
61.7%
65+
22.2%
International community
Spanish nationals: 427 (97.9%)
Foreign residents: 9 (2.1%)
- Romania: 2
- Ecuador: 2
- Germany: 1
- Portugal: 1
- Argentina: 1
- Cuba: 1
Housing
Price €/m²
€2,246
Flats €/m²
2066 €
Houses €/m²
2426 €
6-year change
+45.9%
Province rank: # / 311 · 81% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 08002 (8.3km)
310 approx. sunny days · 2 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
54.2%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Barcelona
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Muntanya de Montserrat (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 9.1 km
- 02Montserrat (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 9.1 km
- 03Roques Blanques (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 10.3 km
- 04Serra de Castelltallat (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 11.9 km
- 05Valls de l`Anoia (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 13.2 km
Day trip
- 06Rierada-Can Balasc (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 39.4 km
- 07Font Groga (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 44.9 km
- 08Riera de Merlés (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 46.9 km
- 09Remolar-Filipines (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 52.8 km
- 10Ricarda-Ca l`Arana (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 54.5 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Castellfollit del Boix
€4,868
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€590
People in Madrid pay less tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€0
People in Barcelona pay about the same tax as here
In Castellfollit del Boix you pay €1,255 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
3.8%
SEPE unemployed
11
Affiliated workers (approx.)
206
Self-employed (approx.)
35
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
- ICB
Celestí Rius Prat (ICB)
2023–2027 · Independents de Castellfollit del Boix
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 Barcelona-El Prat (BCN) · 76.4 km · 108 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Barcelona) · 72.1 km · 82 min
High-speed rail
AVE Barcelona Sants · 67.9 km · 58 min
Nearest coast
Platja de la Barceloneta · 72.5 km · 62 min
Nearest city
Barcelona · 66.9 km · 57 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · RAJADELL · 9.8 km · 8 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Castellolí · 10.9 km · 9 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
294
630 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
143
306 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
110
236 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Buses
0
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
1
3 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2634 sunshine hours
Castellfollit del Boix averages about 2634 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Founded ~315
Historical record places Castellfollit del Boix around 315 — older settlement heritage.
Housing ~€2246/m²
Current asking prices average about €2246 per square metre (Idealista).
About Castellfollit del Boix
Castellfollit del Boix is a municipality in Barcelona (Cataluña) with about 1,332 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 2632 €/m². Compare Castellfollit del Boix with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 08059 · CP 08059 · lat 41.66948705929537, lon 1.6772570868660672 · 332 m · Income: €49,157