Cuenca · Castilla-La Mancha · CP 16007
La Alberca de Záncara
La Alberca de Záncara: living in Cuenca
La Alberca de Záncara offers 2777 sunshine hours a year, housing prices below the peer average and near-full fibre coverage — a strong option for rural relocation in Spain.
Population
1,504
Avg. summer temp
25.2°C
Best place to buy a house
#3171 / 8133
Overall score
6.6/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 9.9/10
More affordable than peer places. Housing about 618 €/m²; cost of living at 28% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 4.5/10
Average. Hospital ~82 min; airport ~137 min; Renfe ~42 min; coach ~25 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 5.1/10
Average. About 2,777 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~32.4°C (1/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.6/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 95% 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 · 3.3/10
Worse than other places. Spanish residents 80.5% of padrón; international residents 19.5%.
- Future0.0
Future · 5.4/10
Average. Population −1.8% vs last year; registered unemployment −38.8% over the series; mean age 46.6; foreign residents 19.5%; property prices +5.0% YoY. Growing places with improving jobs score higher.
- Tax0.0
Tax · 5.8/10
In this place taxes are about average vs peer places
- Beauty0.0
Beauty · 3.0/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,850; Natura 2000 covers about 3.1% of the area (nearest site ~4.3 km).
Place location
La Alberca de Záncara in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
46.6
<16
13.5%
16–64
62.6%
65+
23.8%
International community
Spanish nationals: 1,280 (80.5%)
Foreign residents: 310 (19.5%)
- Romania: 240
- Morocco: 36
- Bulgaria: 11
- Paraguay: 8
- Poland: 4
- Ukraine: 2
- Dominican Republic: 2
- Bolivia: 1
Housing
Price €/m²
€618
Flats €/m²
569 €
Houses €/m²
667 €
6-year change
+34%
Province rank: # / 238 · 49% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land (39.50, -2.50)
327 approx. sunny days · 2 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
95.4%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Cuenca
Nature & outings
Day trip
- 01Complejo Lagunar de Manjavacas (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 29.6 km
- 02Cueva de la JudÍa (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 38.8 km
- 03Complejo Lagunar de Pedro Muñoz (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 39.1 km
- 04Laguna el Hito (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 42.8 km
- 05Cueva de los Morciguillos (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 55.1 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · La Alberca de Záncara
€3,362
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€916
People in Madrid pay more tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€1,506
People in Barcelona pay more tax than here
In La Alberca de Záncara you pay €251 less tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
3.2%
SEPE unemployed
30
Affiliated workers (approx.)
674
Self-employed (approx.)
113
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Municipal finance
Income 2025
€1,646,000
Expenses
€1,645,999
Balance
€1
Spending by function (k€)
Local government
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Francisco-Julian Quilez de la Fuente (PP)
2023–2027 · Partido Popular
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto de Valencia (VLC) · 208.6 km · 137 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Albacete) · 110.1 km · 82 min
High-speed rail
AVE Madrid Puerta de Atocha · 179.3 km · 129 min
Nearest coast
Playa de la Malvarrosa (Valencia) · 225.5 km · 154 min
Nearest city
Cuenca · 88.2 km · 90 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · VILLARROBLEDO · 43.9 km · 42 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Samar · San Clemente · 16.2 km · 25 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
1,102
733 per 1,000 inhabitants
Around average for the population
Trucks
300
199 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
70
47 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
1
1 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
12
11 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2777 sunshine hours
La Alberca de Záncara averages about 2777 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 95.4%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (95.4%) makes La Alberca de Záncara a practical base for remote work.
About La Alberca de Záncara
La Alberca de Záncara is a municipality in Cuenca (Castilla-La Mancha) with about 1,114 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 1214 €/m². Compare La Alberca de Záncara with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 16007 · CP 16007 · lat 39.49772165120809, lon -2.4986985253603873 · 114 m · Income: €26,557