Barcelona · Cataluña · CP 08078
L'Espunyola
L'Espunyola: living in Barcelona
L'Espunyola offers 2597 sunshine hours a year and a very small municipality — worth considering for rural living in Spain.
Population
260
Avg. summer temp
22.4°C
Best place to buy a house
#7885 / 8133
Overall score
4.6/10
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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 · 3.3/10
Worse than other places. Hospital ~98 min; airport ~122 min; Renfe ~— min; coach ~— min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 4.8/10
Average. About 2,597 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~28.8°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 0.8/10
Worse than other places. Fibre coverage around 2% 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 · 7.5/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 98.8% of padrón; international residents 1.2%.
- Future0.0
Future · 4.6/10
Average. Population −0.8% vs last year; registered unemployment 0.0% over the series; mean age 45.6; foreign residents 1.2%; 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 · 3.5/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,250; Natura 2000 covers about 0.0% of the area (nearest site ~3.4 km).
Place location
L'Espunyola in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
45.6
<16
14.7%
16–64
61.5%
65+
23.8%
International community
Spanish nationals: 251 (98.8%)
Foreign residents: 3 (1.2%)
- Russia: 1
- Ecuador: 1
Housing
Price €/m²
€2,246
Flats €/m²
2066 €
Houses €/m²
2426 €
6-year change
+45.9%
Province rank: # / 311 · 79% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 25149 (35.9km)
306 approx. sunny days · 7 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
100 Mbps
Coverage
2.3%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Barcelona
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Serra de Queralt i Els Tossals (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 3.4 km
- 02Aigua d`Ora (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 4.7 km
- 03Tres Hereus, els (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 6 km
- 04Riera de Navel (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 6.9 km
- 05Serres de Busa-els Bastets-Lord (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 7.7 km
Day trip
- 06Segre-Prullans (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 35.2 km
- 07La Llosa (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 35.7 km
- 08Segre-Isòvol (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 39 km
- 09Massís de Sant Llorenç del Munt i Serra de l`Obac (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 40.9 km
- 10Muntanya de Montserrat (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 46.1 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · L'Espunyola
€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 L'Espunyola you pay €1,255 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
3.8%
SEPE unemployed
6
Affiliated workers (approx.)
114
Self-employed (approx.)
19
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
- PDR
Albert Altarriba Romagosa (PDR)
2023–2027 · Peu de Roques
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 Girona-Costa Brava (GRO) · 120.4 km · 122 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Barcelona) · 111 km · 98 min
High-speed rail
AVE Barcelona Sants · 108.9 km · 93 min
Nearest coast
Platja de la Barceloneta · 120.3 km · 103 min
Nearest city
Barcelona · 111 km · 98 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · RAJADELL · 47.1 km · 40 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Lespunyola · 2.6 km · 2 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
205
788 per 1,000 inhabitants
Around average for the population
Trucks
112
431 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
59
227 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Buses
0
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
3
15 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2597 sunshine hours
L'Espunyola averages about 2597 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Nature 3.4 km away
A Natura 2000 protected site is only about 3.4 km away.
About L'Espunyola
L'Espunyola is a municipality in Barcelona (Cataluña) with about 1,393 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 2693 €/m². Compare L'Espunyola with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 08078 · CP 08078 · lat 42.04423689305341, lon 1.7530495846038245 · 393 m · Income: €46,404