Badajoz · Extremadura · CP 06160
Zalamea de la Serena
Zalamea de la Serena: living in Badajoz
Zalamea de la Serena offers 2805 sunshine hours a year, housing prices below the peer average and near-full fibre coverage — a strong option for rural relocation in Spain.
Population
3,371
Avg. summer temp
26.7°C
Best place to buy a house
#1610 / 8133
Overall score
7.1/10
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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 · 4.9/10
Average. Hospital ~157 min; airport ~138 min; Renfe ~30 min; coach ~7 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 4.7/10
Average. About 2,805 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~33.8°C (2/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.7/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 96% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 8.2/10
Better than other places. 9 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 8.0/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 97.2% of padrón; international residents 2.8%.
- Future0.0
Future · 4.3/10
Average. Population −1.7% vs last year; registered unemployment −30.6% over the series; mean age 47.1; foreign residents 2.8%; 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 · 7.8/10
Better than other places. Founding/earliest record ~-550; Natura 2000 covers about 2.0% of the area (nearest site ~0.0 km).
Place location
Zalamea de la Serena in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
47.1
<16
11.4%
16–64
63.6%
65+
25%
International community
Spanish nationals: 3,455 (97.2%)
Foreign residents: 100 (2.8%)
- Morocco: 53
- Romania: 16
- Brazil: 5
- China: 4
- Germany: 3
- Algeria: 3
- Portugal: 2
- France: 1
Housing
Price €/m²
€706
Flats €/m²
650 €
Houses €/m²
762 €
6-year change
+34%
Province rank: # / 165 · 24% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 06064 (8.9km)
330 approx. sunny days · 1 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
96.3%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Badajoz
Nature & outings
Day trip
- 01Los Baselisos (Open in Maps)
Parque Periurbano de Conservación y Ocio · 32 km
- 02Las Quinientas (Open in Maps)
Parque Periurbano de Conservación y Ocio · 38.4 km
- 03Fuente la Zarza (Open in Maps)
Parque Periurbano · 40.7 km
- 04Sierra de Azuaga (Open in Maps)
Parque Periurbano de Conservación y Ocio · 48.2 km
- 05Sierra Norte de Sevilla (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 56.5 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Zalamea de la Serena
€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 Zalamea de la Serena you pay €989 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
12%
SEPE unemployed
258
Affiliated workers (approx.)
1,505
Self-employed (approx.)
257
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
- PART
Jose Antonio Murillo Davila (PARTIDO POPULAR)
2023–2027 · Partido Popular
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) · 149.3 km · 138 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Badajoz) · 152.4 km · 157 min
High-speed rail
AVE Córdoba Central · 157 km · 165 min
Nearest coast
Playa de Punta Umbría · 264.7 km · 227 min
Nearest city
Badajoz · 143.2 km · 123 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · CASTUERA · 22.5 km · 30 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Zalamea De La Serena · 4.8 km · 7 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
2,279
676 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
536
159 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
110
33 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
4
1 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
28
12 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2805 sunshine hours
Zalamea de la Serena averages about 2805 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 96.3%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (96.3%) makes Zalamea de la Serena a practical base for remote work.
Housing ~€706/m²
Asking prices around €706 per m² sit below the peer average among comparable Spanish towns.
About Zalamea de la Serena
Zalamea de la Serena is a municipality in Badajoz (Extremadura) with about 1,233 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 2833 €/m². Compare Zalamea de la Serena with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 06160 · CP 06160 · lat 38.62065287413971, lon -5.6739961203503055 · 233 m · Income: €23,507