Lleida · Cataluña · CP 25901
Vall de Cardós
Vall de Cardós: living in Lleida
Vall de Cardós offers 2343 sunshine hours a year, fibre available for remote work and a very small municipality — worth considering for rural living in Spain.
Population
388
Avg. summer temp
15.7°C
Best place to buy a house
#3886 / 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 · 2.6/10
Worse than other places. Hospital ~165 min; airport ~243 min; Renfe ~66 min; coach ~26 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 5.5/10
Average. About 2,343 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~20.9°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 7.3/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 70% 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 · 7.8/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 91.2% of padrón; international residents 8.8%.
- Future0.0
Future · 6.9/10
Average. Population +3.5% vs last year; registered unemployment −40.0% over the series; mean age 49.2; foreign residents 8.8%; property prices +5.5% 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 · 6.6/10
Average. Founding/earliest record ~1,200; Natura 2000 covers about 29.3% of the area (nearest site ~0.4 km).
Place location
Vall de Cardós in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
49.2
<16
10.1%
16–64
63.2%
65+
26.7%
International community
Spanish nationals: 332 (91.2%)
Foreign residents: 32 (8.8%)
- Romania: 7
- Pakistan: 7
- Brazil: 4
- France: 2
- United Kingdom: 2
- Cuba: 1
- Paraguay: 1
- Oceania & stateless: 1
English speakers ≈ 2
Housing
Price €/m²
€922
Flats €/m²
848 €
Houses €/m²
996 €
6-year change
+37.9%
Province rank: # / 232 · 44% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 25025 (27.1km)
276 approx. sunny days · 57 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
69.7%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Lleida
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Alt Pirineu (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 0.4 km
- 02Aigüestortes (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 7.3 km
- 03Noguera Pallaresa-Bonaigua (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 9.5 km
- 04Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici (Open in Maps)
Parque Nacional · 12.6 km
- 05Naut Aran (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 18.5 km
Day trip
- 06Noguera Pallaresa-Collegats (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 35.2 km
- 07Cadí-Moixeró (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 37 km
- 08Posets-Maladeta (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 37.2 km
- 09La Llosa (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 39.2 km
- 10Baish Aran (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 43.4 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Vall de Cardós
€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 Vall de Cardós you pay €1,255 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
2.4%
SEPE unemployed
6
Affiliated workers (approx.)
176
Self-employed (approx.)
29
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Municipal finance
Income 2025
€981,242
Expenses
€981,242
Balance
€0
Spending by function (k€)
Local government
- VALL
Joel Baró Mas (VALL DE CARDÓS AMONT)
2023–2027 · Vall de Cardós Amont
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto de Girona-Costa Brava (GRO) · 258.9 km · 243 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Lleida) · 162.1 km · 165 min
High-speed rail
AVE Barcelona Sants · 208.6 km · 179 min
Nearest coast
Platja del Miracle (Tarragona) · 222 km · 221 min
Nearest city
Lleida · 162.1 km · 165 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · LA POBLA DE SEGUR · 56.9 km · 66 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Llavorsi · 14.4 km · 26 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
279
719 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
133
343 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
72
186 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Buses
8
21 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Tractors
1
4 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2343 sunshine hours
Vall de Cardós averages about 2343 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Natura 2000 ~29%
About 29% of the municipal area overlaps official Natura 2000 protected nature (not farmland).
About Vall de Cardós
Vall de Cardós is a municipality in Lleida (Cataluña) with about 3,487 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 1987 €/m². Compare Vall de Cardós with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 25901 · CP 25901 · lat 42.58699360521212, lon 1.2164440736950526 · 687 m · Income: €34,990