Huesca · Aragon
Alquézar
A striking village clinging to the rock on the edge of a canyon, dominated by its castle and collegiate church — a canyoning capital of the Pyrenees.
Why people fall for Alquézar
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.
Built on the edge of a canyon along the Río Vero.
Worth the trip
- Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor, built on the site of a 9th-century Arab alcázar (Al-Qasr, giving the village its name), with a beautiful 12th-century Romanesque Christ
- Prehistoric rock paintings nearby at Abrigo de Arpán and Tozal de Mallata
- Some 70 canyons carved into the limestone, making Sierra de Guara y Cañones the Pyrenees' most sought-after canyoning spot
A little history
In the 9th century the Arabs built an alcázar, Al-Qasr, which gave the village its name, later taken by King Sancho Ramírez around 1067.
Who it suits: Canyoning enthusiasts · Bird-watchers (bearded vultures, golden eagles)
Who Alquézar 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 Alquézar lands.
Alquézar is mid-pack for all six profiles we score (between the 52nd and 69th 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
- 7°C bottom 49% of 8,131 towns 0.8°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 31.8°C bottom 27% of 8,131 towns 1.6°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 61 days top 45% of 8,088 towns 11% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 7.8 h/day top 24% of 3,829 towns 7% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 20 top 18% of 8,033 towns 36 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €16,149 top 24% of 8,059 towns 11% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 30.8% top 23% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 0 bottom 46% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 35 km top 38% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 487 #7 of 17 regions, +8 vs national 6 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 32 min top 45% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 9.1 km top 50% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 132 days #13 of 17 regions, +29 days vs national 22% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 88 min bottom 36% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 46% bottom 11% of 8,132 towns 33% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 89% bottom 37% of 8,132 towns 6% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 325
- Born in Spain
- 77.9% 10.9% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 16.3% 12.5% above 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 Alquézar 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 Alquézar against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 48 min from Huesca, if that's your anchor.
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