Tarragona · Cataluña · CP 43161
Valls
Valls: living in Tarragona
Valls offers 2578 sunshine hours a year, near-full fibre coverage and broad local services — a practical base for living and working in Spain.
Population
25,518
Avg. summer temp
22.8°C
Best place to buy a house
#362 / 8133
Overall score
7.7/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 2.7/10
More expensive than peer places. Housing about 1,282 €/m²; cost of living at 58% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 9.3/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~29 min; airport ~59 min; Renfe ~7 min; coach ~6 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 5.1/10
Average. About 2,578 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~27.9°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.7/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 97% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 10.0/10
Better than other places. 11 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 7.0/10
Average. Spanish residents 85.6% of padrón; international residents 14.4%.
- Future0.0
Future · 7.6/10
Future looks bright. Population +1.9% vs last year; registered unemployment −23.7% over the series; mean age 42.8; foreign residents 14.4%; property prices +7.0% 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 · 3.7/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,150; Natura 2000 covers about 0.0% of the area (nearest site ~4.2 km).
Place location
Valls in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
42.8
<16
16.2%
16–64
65%
65+
18.8%
International community
Spanish nationals: 20,856 (85.6%)
Foreign residents: 3,503 (14.4%)
- Morocco: 1,539
- Romania: 330
- Ukraine: 268
- Algeria: 148
- Colombia: 128
- Pakistan: 108
- Senegal: 104
- China: 70
English speakers ≈ 11
Housing
Price €/m²
€1,282
Flats €/m²
1179 €
Houses €/m²
1385 €
6-year change
+50.1%
Province rank: # / 184 · 107% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 43001 (16.9km)
303 approx. sunny days · 6 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
96.9%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Tarragona
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Muntanyes de Prades (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 4.2 km
- 02Tossal Gros de Miramar (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 4.2 km
- 03Riu Gaià-Albereda de Santes Creus (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 9.6 km
- 04Barranc de la Trinitat (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 12.2 km
- 05Sistema prelitoral central (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 12.6 km
Day trip
- 06Serra del Montsant (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 27.7 km
- 07Mas de Melons (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 46.7 km
- 08Les Illes de l`Ebre (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural de Fauna Salvaje · 54.5 km
- 09Muntanya de Montserrat (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 55 km
- 10Torrent del Pi (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural de Fauna Salvaje · 56.7 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Valls
€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 Valls you pay €1,255 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
6.3%
SEPE unemployed
1,052
Affiliated workers (approx.)
11,785
Self-employed (approx.)
1,990
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Municipal finance
Income 2025
€37,710,020
Expenses
€37,710,020
Balance
€0
Spending by function (k€)
Local government
- CM
Dolors Farré Cuadras (CM)
2023–2027 · Junts Per Valls - Compromís Municipal
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto de Reus (REU) · 24.8 km · 59 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Tarragona) · 30.3 km · 29 min
High-speed rail
AVE Barcelona Sants · 98.7 km · 80 min
Nearest coast
Platja del Miracle (Tarragona) · 28 km · 32 min
Nearest city
Tarragona · 30.3 km · 29 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · VALLS · 3 km · 7 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Estació d'autobusos de Valls · 2.4 km · 6 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
13,466
528 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
2,812
110 per 1,000 inhabitants
Around average for the population
Motorbikes
2,015
79 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
12
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
203
15 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2578 sunshine hours
Valls averages about 2578 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 96.9%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (96.9%) makes Valls a practical base for remote work.
Coast in 28 km
The nearest mapped coast point is Platja del Miracle (Tarragona), about 28 km by road.
About Valls
Valls is a municipality in Tarragona (Cataluña) with about 1,445 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 1145 €/m². Compare Valls with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 43161 · CP 43161 · lat 41.30170103653511, lon 1.2391654033132093 · 445 m · Income: €38,483