Barcelona · Cataluña · CP 08303
Vilanova de Sau
Vilanova de Sau: living in Barcelona
Vilanova de Sau offers 2540 sunshine hours a year, fibre available for remote work and a very small municipality — worth considering for rural living in Spain.
Population
325
Avg. summer temp
21.3°C
Best place to buy a house
#6475 / 8133
Overall score
5.6/10
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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 · 2.6/10
Worse than other places. Hospital ~134 min; airport ~123 min; Renfe ~— min; coach ~— min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 5.3/10
Average. About 2,540 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~26.6°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 7.4/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 72% 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 98.3% of padrón; international residents 1.7%.
- Future0.0
Future · 5.4/10
Average. Population +2.5% vs last year; registered unemployment −10.0% over the series; mean age 49.5; foreign residents 1.7%; 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 · 8.7/10
Better than other places. Founding/earliest record ~303; Natura 2000 covers about 70.7% of the area (nearest site ~0.0 km).
Place location
Vilanova de Sau in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
49.5
<16
12.8%
16–64
59.4%
65+
27.8%
International community
Spanish nationals: 294 (98.3%)
Foreign residents: 5 (1.7%)
- Bulgaria: 1
- France: 1
- Italy: 1
Housing
Price €/m²
€2,246
Flats €/m²
2066 €
Houses €/m²
2426 €
6-year change
+45.9%
Province rank: # / 311 · 84% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 08014 (22.2km)
299 approx. sunny days · 9 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
71.6%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Barcelona
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Volcá de Sant Marc (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 15.2 km
- 02Volcá del Puig Roig (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 15.2 km
- 03Volcà Traiter Inferior i Superior (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 19.9 km
- 04Volcà Puig Rodo, Puig de les Medes i Llacunagra (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 20.5 km
- 05Riera d`Arbucies-Hostalric (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 20.6 km
Day trip
- 06Turó de la Pomareda (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 25.4 km
- 07Volcà Puig Safont i el Tom, Puig de Martinya, la Mallola (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 25.6 km
- 08Volcà Puig Astrol (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 25.8 km
- 09Volcà Montolivet (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 26.4 km
- 10Volcà Puig de la Garça (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 26.7 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Vilanova de Sau
€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 Vilanova de Sau you pay €1,255 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
4.7%
SEPE unemployed
9
Affiliated workers (approx.)
138
Self-employed (approx.)
23
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
- CP
Jaume Orra Muntadas (CP)
2023–2027 · Som-Hi Vilanova I Sau-Candidatura de Progrés
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) · 57.4 km · 123 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Girona) · 74.2 km · 134 min
High-speed rail
AVE Barcelona Sants · 90.4 km · 77 min
Nearest coast
Platja de la Barceloneta · 102.6 km · 147 min
Nearest city
Barcelona · 101.4 km · 150 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · GUALBA · 36.2 km · 31 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Estació d'autobusos · 13.7 km · 12 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
218
671 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
109
335 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
60
185 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Buses
0
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
1
5 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2540 sunshine hours
Vilanova de Sau averages about 2540 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Natura 2000 ~71%
About 71% of the municipal area overlaps official Natura 2000 protected nature (not farmland).
About Vilanova de Sau
Vilanova de Sau is a municipality in Barcelona (Cataluña) with about 4,054 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 2554 €/m². Compare Vilanova de Sau with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 08303 · CP 08303 · lat 41.942921389049964, lon 2.4221600754579247 · 354 m · Income: €39,089