Barcelona · Cataluña · CP 08144
Olvan
Olvan: living in Barcelona
Olvan offers 2636 sunshine hours a year and a small rural municipality — worth considering for rural living in Spain.
Population
924
Avg. summer temp
19.9°C
Best place to buy a house
#6235 / 8133
Overall score
5.7/10
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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 · 5.3/10
Average. Hospital ~72 min; airport ~91 min; Renfe ~— min; coach ~— min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 6.5/10
Average. About 2,636 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~26.3°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 5.1/10
Average. Fibre coverage around 46% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 1.8/10
Worse than other places. 2 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 7.2/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 97.7% of padrón; international residents 2.3%.
- Future0.0
Future · 6.0/10
Average. Population +1.2% vs last year; registered unemployment −20.9% over the series; mean age 47.3; foreign residents 2.3%; 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 · 2.5/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,231; Natura 2000 covers about 0.0% of the area (nearest site ~999.0 km).
Place location
Olvan in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
47.3
<16
11.5%
16–64
64.4%
65+
24.1%
International community
Spanish nationals: 834 (97.7%)
Foreign residents: 20 (2.3%)
- Romania: 7
- Morocco: 4
- Ukraine: 2
- France: 1
- Portugal: 1
- Russia: 1
- Colombia: 1
- Ecuador: 1
Housing
Price €/m²
€2,246
Flats €/m²
2066 €
Houses €/m²
2426 €
6-year change
+45.9%
Province rank: # / 311 · 283% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 25175 (34.3km)
310 approx. sunny days · 4 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
45.6%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Barcelona
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Serra de Picancel (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 4.5 km
- 02Tres Hereus, els (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 4.8 km
- 03Serra de Queralt i Els Tossals (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 7.8 km
- 04Riera de Merlés (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 8 km
- 05Riera de Merlès (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 8 km
Day trip
- 06Segre-Prullans (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 36 km
- 07Segre-Isòvol (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 36.5 km
- 08La Llosa (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 37.6 km
- 09Massís de Sant Llorenç del Munt i Serra de l`Obac (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 39.7 km
- 10Volcà el Raco (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 47.4 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Olvan
€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 Olvan you pay €1,255 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
5.7%
SEPE unemployed
34
Affiliated workers (approx.)
423
Self-employed (approx.)
71
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
- CUP
Sebastià Prat Guilanyà (CUP - AMUNT)
2023–2027 · Candidatura D'unitat Popular Olvan I Cal Rosal - Alternativa Municipalista
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) · 100.2 km · 91 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Barcelona) · 96.1 km · 72 min
High-speed rail
AVE Barcelona Sants · 105.9 km · 91 min
Nearest coast
Platja de la Barceloneta · 105.3 km · 77 min
Nearest city
Barcelona · 103.2 km · 88 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · MANRESA · 52.2 km · 45 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Cal Rosal · 4.4 km · 4 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
628
680 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
354
383 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
158
171 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Buses
0
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
21
33 / 1,000 cars
Above average vs peer places
Nutshell
2636 sunshine hours
Olvan averages about 2636 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Founded ~1231
Historical record places Olvan around 1231 — older settlement heritage.
Housing ~€2246/m²
Current asking prices average about €2246 per square metre (Idealista).
About Olvan
Olvan is a municipality in Barcelona (Cataluña) with about 2,257 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 757 €/m². Compare Olvan with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 08144 · CP 08144 · lat 42.06287877254019, lon 1.9077436186656602 · 357 m · Income: €36,827