Barcelona · Cataluña · CP 08132
Montmajor
Montmajor: living in Barcelona
Montmajor offers 2634 sunshine hours a year, fibre available for remote work and a very small municipality — worth considering for rural living in Spain.
Population
473
Avg. summer temp
23°C
Best place to buy a house
#7493 / 8133
Overall score
5.1/10
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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 · 2.2/10
Worse than other places. Hospital ~121 min; airport ~146 min; Renfe ~— min; coach ~— min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 4.9/10
Average. About 2,634 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~29.2°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 6.0/10
Average. Fibre coverage around 55% 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 · 7.9/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 94.2% of padrón; international residents 5.8%.
- Future0.0
Future · 5.2/10
Average. Population +0.2% vs last year; registered unemployment +42.9% over the series; mean age 45.4; foreign residents 5.8%; 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 · 5.5/10
Average. Founding/earliest record ~1,050; Natura 2000 covers about 8.3% of the area (nearest site ~3.0 km).
Place location
Montmajor in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
45.4
<16
16.7%
16–64
56.8%
65+
26.4%
International community
Spanish nationals: 437 (94.2%)
Foreign residents: 27 (5.8%)
- Romania: 4
- Dominican Republic: 1
Housing
Price €/m²
€2,246
Flats €/m²
2066 €
Houses €/m²
2426 €
6-year change
+45.9%
Province rank: # / 311 · 296% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 08002 (31.7km)
310 approx. sunny days · 6 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
55.4%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Barcelona
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Aigua d`Ora (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 3 km
- 02Riera de Navel (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 4.3 km
- 03Serra de Queralt i Els Tossals (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 6.5 km
- 04Serres de Busa-els Bastets-Lord (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 8.7 km
- 05Tres Hereus, els (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 10.2 km
Day trip
- 06Massís de Sant Llorenç del Munt i Serra de l`Obac (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 39 km
- 07Segre-Prullans (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 39 km
- 08La Llosa (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 39.5 km
- 09Muntanya de Montserrat (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 42.5 km
- 10Segre-Isòvol (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 43.8 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Montmajor
€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 Montmajor you pay €1,255 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
3.7%
SEPE unemployed
10
Affiliated workers (approx.)
192
Self-employed (approx.)
32
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
- CM
Josep Maria Algué Palà (CM)
2023–2027 · Junts Per Montmajor - 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) · 132 km · 146 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Barcelona) · 122.5 km · 121 min
High-speed rail
AVE Barcelona Sants · 106 km · 91 min
Nearest coast
Platja de la Barceloneta · 131.8 km · 126 min
Nearest city
Barcelona · 122.5 km · 121 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · RAJADELL · 41.2 km · 35 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Cruilla Montclar · 9.9 km · 8 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
366
774 per 1,000 inhabitants
Around average for the population
Trucks
182
385 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
87
184 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Buses
0
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
4
11 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2634 sunshine hours
Montmajor averages about 2634 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Nature 3 km away
A Natura 2000 protected site is only about 3 km away.
About Montmajor
Montmajor is a municipality in Barcelona (Cataluña) with about 2,224 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 724 €/m². Compare Montmajor with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 08132 · CP 08132 · lat 42.00716965481441, lon 1.707269455399596 · 324 m · Income: €39,683