Burgos · Castilla y León · CP 09063
Cavia
Cavia: living in Burgos
Cavia offers 2480 sunshine hours a year, near-full fibre coverage and regional rural tax incentives — a strong option for rural relocation in Spain.
Population
246
Avg. summer temp
20.4°C
Best place to buy a house
#3796 / 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 · 6.2/10
Average. Housing about 922 €/m²; cost of living at 42% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 7.3/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~21 min; airport ~100 min; Renfe ~18 min; coach ~18 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 4.2/10
Average. About 2,480 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~28.2°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 · 0.9/10
Worse than other places. 1 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 6.9/10
Average. Spanish residents 96.3% of padrón; international residents 3.7%.
- Future0.0
Future · 4.7/10
Average. Population −0.8% vs last year; registered unemployment −28.6% over the series; mean age 49.0; foreign residents 3.7%; property prices +4.5% YoY. Growing places with improving jobs score higher.
- Tax0.0
Tax · 7.8/10
In this place taxes are lower than in peer places
- Beauty0.0
Beauty · 2.1/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,850; Natura 2000 covers about 0.0% of the area (nearest site ~3.5 km).
Place location
Cavia in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
49
<16
5.8%
16–64
70.4%
65+
23.9%
International community
Spanish nationals: 233 (96.3%)
Foreign residents: 9 (3.7%)
- Bulgaria: 4
- Romania: 2
- Germany: 1
- Portugal: 1
- Colombia: 1
Housing
Price €/m²
€922
Flats €/m²
848 €
Houses €/m²
996 €
6-year change
+30.2%
Province rank: # / 414 · 53% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 09128 (3.1km)
292 approx. sunny days · 10 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
97.1%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Burgos
Nature & outings
Day trip
- 01Sabinares del Arlanza-La Yecla (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 28.1 km
- 02Hoces del Alto Ebro y Rudrón (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 41.2 km
- 03Covalagua (Open in Maps)
Paisaje Protegido · 55.4 km
- 04Montes Obarenes-San Zadornil (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 57.4 km
- 05Las Tuerces (Open in Maps)
Paisaje Protegido · 57.9 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Cavia
€2,611
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€1,667
People in Madrid pay more tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€2,257
People in Barcelona pay more tax than here
In Cavia you pay €1,002 less tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
2.9%
SEPE unemployed
5
Affiliated workers (approx.)
124
Self-employed (approx.)
21
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
.svg?width=128 "Partido Popular")
Maria Elena Gonzalez Paisan (PP)
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 Vitoria (VIT) · 130.3 km · 100 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Burgos) · 21.2 km · 21 min
High-speed rail
AVE Valladolid Campo Grande · 115.8 km · 75 min
Nearest coast
Playa El Sardinero (Santander) · 222.9 km · 136 min
Nearest city
Burgos · 21.2 km · 21 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · VILLAQUIRÁN · 17.3 km · 18 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Sarracin · 22.1 km · 18 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
235
955 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Trucks
76
309 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
37
150 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Buses
0
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
32
136 / 1,000 cars
Above average vs peer places
Nutshell
2480 sunshine hours
Cavia averages about 2480 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 97.1%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (97.1%) makes Cavia a practical base for remote work.
Rural tax incentives
Castilla y León offers up to €1200 relocation deduction and 15% taxable-base reduction for qualifying small municipalities.
About Cavia
Cavia is a municipality in Burgos (Castilla y León) with about 4,148 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 1648 €/m². Compare Cavia with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 09063 · CP 09063 · lat 42.282212638825506, lon -3.8446762348225936 · 448 m · Income: €46,972