Badajoz · Extremadura · CP 06024
Cabeza la Vaca
Cabeza la Vaca: living in Badajoz
Cabeza la Vaca offers 2820 sunshine hours a year, housing prices below the peer average and near-full fibre coverage — a strong option for rural relocation in Spain.
Population
1,257
Avg. summer temp
26°C
Best place to buy a house
#3826 / 8133
Overall score
6.5/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 8.8/10
More affordable than peer places. Housing about 706 €/m²; cost of living at 32% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 4.8/10
Average. Hospital ~106 min; airport ~122 min; Renfe ~56 min; coach ~41 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 5.2/10
Average. About 2,820 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~32.5°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 · 2.7/10
Worse than other places. 3 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 8.5/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 99.5% of padrón; international residents 0.5%.
- Future0.0
Future · 3.9/10
Future looks weaker. Population +0.2% vs last year; registered unemployment −18.8% over the series; mean age 48.7; foreign residents 0.5%; property prices +5.0% YoY. Growing places with improving jobs score higher.
- Tax0.0
Tax · 5.1/10
In this place taxes are about average vs peer places
- Beauty0.0
Beauty · 4.1/10
Average. Founding/earliest record ~1,550; Natura 2000 covers about 3.4% of the area (nearest site ~2.7 km).
Place location
Cabeza la Vaca in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
48.7
<16
10.3%
16–64
62.3%
65+
27.4%
International community
Spanish nationals: 1,303 (99.5%)
Foreign residents: 6 (0.5%)
- France: 2
- Romania: 1
Housing
Price €/m²
€706
Flats €/m²
650 €
Houses €/m²
762 €
6-year change
+34%
Province rank: # / 165 · 38% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land (38.09, -6.40)
332 approx. sunny days · 1 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
98.9%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Badajoz
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01La Pisá del Caballo (Open in Maps)
Parque Periurbano de Conservación y Ocio · 1.4 km
- 02Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 4.3 km
- 03Cuevas de Fuentes de León (Open in Maps)
Monumento Natural · 8.8 km
Day trip
- 04Sierra Norte de Sevilla (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 25.4 km
- 05Río Tinto (Open in Maps)
Paisaje Protegido · 42 km
- 06Sierra Pelada y Rivera del Aserrador (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural · 49.5 km
- 07Las Quinientas (Open in Maps)
Parque Periurbano de Conservación y Ocio · 54.4 km
- 08Los Baselisos (Open in Maps)
Parque Periurbano de Conservación y Ocio · 57.1 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Cabeza la Vaca
€4,602
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€324
People in Madrid pay less tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€266
People in Barcelona pay more tax than here
In Cabeza la Vaca you pay €989 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
10.5%
SEPE unemployed
82
Affiliated workers (approx.)
551
Self-employed (approx.)
94
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
Luis David Zapata Macias (PSOE)
2023–2027 · Partido Socialista Obrero Español
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 Badajoz (BJZ) · 159.3 km · 122 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Sevilla) · 122.9 km · 106 min
High-speed rail
AVE Sevilla Santa Justa · 110.3 km · 107 min
Nearest coast
Playa de Punta Umbría · 212 km · 157 min
Nearest city
Badajoz · 162.4 km · 141 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · FREGENAL DE LA SIERRA · 27.7 km · 56 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Monesterio · 16.8 km · 41 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
705
561 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
256
204 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
51
41 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
0
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
1
1 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2820 sunshine hours
Cabeza la Vaca averages about 2820 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 98.9%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (98.9%) makes Cabeza la Vaca a practical base for remote work.
About Cabeza la Vaca
Cabeza la Vaca is a municipality in Badajoz (Extremadura) with about 4,652 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 1752 €/m². Compare Cabeza la Vaca with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 06024 · CP 06024 · lat 38.094731617715674, lon -6.397355929580279 · 952 m · Income: €22,343