Salamanca · Castilla Y Leon
Alberca, La
A historic town ringed by mass tourism today, but whose centre still maintains an extraordinary collection of late medieval, half-timbered houses.
Why people fall for Alberca, La
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
76km southwest of Salamanca, in the Parque Natural Las Batuecas-Sierra de Francia.
On the table. Known for its embutidos and jamones — rich, nutty hams, smoked pork and cured sausages sold in nearly every shop.
Worth the trip
- An extraordinary collection of late medieval, half-timbered houses
Who it suits: Ham/charcuterie shoppers
Who Alberca, La is for — and who it isn't
Not our opinion: we ran the same scoring engine behind the quiz for six settler profiles across all 8,132 municipalities and read off where Alberca, La lands.
Alberca, La is mid-pack for all six profiles we score (between the 26th and 76th percentile) — a solid all-rounder, a standout for nobody. Your own priorities may read it differently: that's what the quiz is for.
The numbers
The decision data — each figure placed among all Spanish municipalities that report it ("top 10%" always means good, also where lower is better). Regional overlays and estimates are labelled, and where there's no local reading we say so plainly.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 6.6°C bottom 43% of 8,131 towns 1.2°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 31.1°C bottom 36% of 8,131 towns 0.9°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 64 days bottom 48% of 8,088 towns 7% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 44 bottom 49% of 8,033 towns 12 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €14,403 top 49% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 30% top 27% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 2 top 26% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 123 km bottom 5% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 499 #1 of 17 regions, +20 vs national 18 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 113 min bottom 1% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 2 km top 9% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 87 days #5 of 17 regions, −16 days vs national 19% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 106 min bottom 22% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 99% top 9% of 8,132 towns 20% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% top 22% of 8,132 towns 15% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 1,035
- Born in Spain
- 91.5% 2.7% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.1% 1.7% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0 per 1,000
Numbers: SpainScore town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma and the Catastro. Percentile chips count only the municipalities that report the figure — the "of n" says how many. Region-ranked figures (PISA, surgical waits) compare Spain's 17 comunidades autónomas. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
The year, month by month
AEMET 30-year climate normals — what a January or an August actually feels like, not the annual average.
How does Alberca, La fit you?
These are the town's numbers. Whether it's your town depends on what you're optimising for — winter sun or mild summers, a city or a village, short medical waits, an easy flight home. The 3-minute quiz scores Alberca, La against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 75 min from Salamanca, if that's your anchor.
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