Araba · País Vasco · CP 01022
Elciego
Elciego: living in Araba
Elciego offers 2363 sunshine hours a year, near-full fibre coverage and essential local services — a strong option for remote work in Spain.
Population
971
Avg. summer temp
21.7°C
Best place to buy a house
#4661 / 8133
Overall score
6.2/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 1.2/10
More expensive than peer places. Housing about 1,764 €/m²; cost of living at 80% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 7.7/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~34 min; airport ~86 min; Renfe ~34 min; coach ~14 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 2.8/10
Worse than other places. About 2,363 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~29.6°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 96% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 6.4/10
Average. 7 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 6.5/10
Average. Spanish residents 92.2% of padrón; international residents 7.8%.
- Future0.0
Future · 5.6/10
Average. Population +1.7% vs last year; registered unemployment −15.0% over the series; mean age 46.5; foreign residents 7.8%; property prices +5.5% 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 · 4.5/10
Average. Founding/earliest record ~1,583; Natura 2000 covers about 3.4% of the area (nearest site ~1.2 km).
Place location
Elciego in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
46.5
<16
16.3%
16–64
60.2%
65+
23.5%
International community
Spanish nationals: 927 (92.2%)
Foreign residents: 78 (7.8%)
- Morocco: 26
- Romania: 20
- Portugal: 17
- Brazil: 3
- Poland: 1
- Algeria: 1
- Venezuela: 1
Housing
Price €/m²
€1,764
Flats €/m²
1623 €
Houses €/m²
1905 €
6-year change
+37.9%
Province rank: # / 53 · 141% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 26046 (4.4km)
278 approx. sunny days · 15 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
96.4%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Vitoria-Gasteiz
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Complejo Lagunar de Laguardia (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 5.5 km
- 02Embalse de Salobre o de las Cañas (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 17.8 km
- 03Izki (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 18.7 km
- 04La Laguna de Hervias (Open in Maps)
Área Natural Singular · 20.1 km
- 05Peñalabeja (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 21.1 km
Day trip
- 06Dolinas de Zenzano (Open in Maps)
Área Natural Singular · 29.4 km
- 07Barranco de Lasia (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 31.8 km
- 08Alto Najerilla (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 34 km
- 09Diapiro de Añana (Open in Maps)
Paisaje Protegido · 40.1 km
- 10Montes Obarenes-San Zadornil (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 40.9 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Elciego
€4,573
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€295
People in Madrid pay less tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€295
People in Barcelona pay more tax than here
In Elciego you pay €960 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
5.8%
SEPE unemployed
34
Affiliated workers (approx.)
416
Self-employed (approx.)
70
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
- Z B
Juan Carlos Uribe Rueda (Z B)
2023–2027 · Zieko Bai
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 Pamplona (PNA) · 109.8 km · 86 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Logroño) · 24.5 km · 34 min
High-speed rail
AVE Zaragoza Delicias · 192.6 km · 125 min
Nearest coast
Playa de la Concha (Donostia) · 189.8 km · 134 min
Nearest city
Vitoria-Gasteiz · 71.8 km · 72 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · LOGROÑO · 25.6 km · 34 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Jiménez Movilidad · Cenicero (C/ Ricardo) · 4.9 km · 14 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
588
606 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
199
205 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
70
72 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
0
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
0
0 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2363 sunshine hours
Elciego averages about 2363 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 96.4%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (96.4%) makes Elciego a practical base for remote work.
About Elciego
Elciego is a municipality in Araba (País Vasco) with about 4,195 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 1195 €/m². Compare Elciego with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 01022 · CP 01022 · lat 42.507301022286505, lon -2.6248706249298706 · 495 m · Income: €40,225