Barcelona · Cataluña · CP 08050
Castellar del Riu
Castellar del Riu: living in Barcelona
Castellar del Riu offers 2636 sunshine hours a year and a very small municipality — worth considering for rural living in Spain.
Population
151
Avg. summer temp
19.9°C
Best place to buy a house
#7929 / 8133
Overall score
4.5/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 0.7/10
More expensive than peer places. Housing about 2,246 €/m²; cost of living at 102% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 2.7/10
Worse than other places. Hospital ~100 min; airport ~141 min; Renfe ~— min; coach ~— min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 6.5/10
Average. About 2,636 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~26.3°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 1.4/10
Worse than other places. Fibre coverage around 10% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 1.8/10
Worse than other places. 2 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 7.6/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 98.8% of padrón; international residents 1.2%.
- Future0.0
Future · 3.4/10
Future looks weaker. Population −7.4% vs last year; registered unemployment +66.7% over the series; mean age 42.2; foreign residents 1.2%; property prices +6.5% 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 · 4.6/10
Average. Founding/earliest record ~1,850; Natura 2000 covers about 33.0% of the area (nearest site ~1.3 km).
Place location
Castellar del Riu in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
42.2
<16
17.7%
16–64
62.3%
65+
20%
International community
Spanish nationals: 167 (98.8%)
Foreign residents: 2 (1.2%)
- Oceania & stateless: 1
Housing
Price €/m²
€2,246
Flats €/m²
2066 €
Houses €/m²
2426 €
6-year change
+45.9%
Province rank: # / 311 · 82% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 25175 (27.6km)
310 approx. sunny days · 26 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
100 Mbps
Coverage
9.5%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Barcelona
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Serra de Queralt i Els Tossals (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 1.3 km
- 02Serra d`Ensija-els Rasos de Peguera (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 1.6 km
- 03Aigua d`Ora (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 3.9 km
- 04Serres de Busa-els Bastets-Lord (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 4.3 km
- 05Serra del Verd (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 7.3 km
Day trip
- 06Segre-Prullans (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 26.5 km
- 07La Llosa (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 27 km
- 08Segre-Isòvol (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 30.2 km
- 09Massís de Sant Llorenç del Munt i Serra de l`Obac (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 49 km
- 10Muntanya de Montserrat (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 54.8 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Castellar del Riu
€4,868
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€590
People in Madrid pay less tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€0
People in Barcelona pay about the same tax as here
In Castellar del Riu you pay €1,255 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
5.3%
SEPE unemployed
5
Affiliated workers (approx.)
67
Self-employed (approx.)
11
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
- CM
Adrià Solé Giralt (CM)
2023–2027 · Junts Per Castellar del Riu - Compromís Municipal
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 Girona-Costa Brava (GRO) · 122.8 km · 141 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Barcelona) · 117.2 km · 100 min
High-speed rail
AVE Barcelona Sants · 119.7 km · 103 min
Nearest coast
Platja de la Barceloneta · 122.7 km · 121 min
Nearest city
Barcelona · 113.4 km · 117 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · RAJADELL · 59 km · 51 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Nuestra Señora Queralt · 8.1 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
120
795 per 1,000 inhabitants
Around average for the population
Trucks
56
371 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
30
199 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above 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
2636 sunshine hours
Castellar del Riu averages about 2636 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Natura 2000 ~33%
About 33% of the municipal area overlaps official Natura 2000 protected nature (not farmland).
Housing ~€2246/m²
Current asking prices average about €2246 per square metre (Idealista).
About Castellar del Riu
Castellar del Riu is a municipality in Barcelona (Cataluña) with about 1,323 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 2623 €/m². Compare Castellar del Riu with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 08050 · CP 08050 · lat 42.12372893622677, lon 1.7585189011835838 · 323 m · Income: €42,738