Zaragoza · Aragon
Belchite
The old town, left untouched after being bombed by Franco's forces, is perhaps the most haunting reminder of the horrors of the Spanish Civil War.
Why people fall for Belchite
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
20km east of Fuendetodos, 50km southeast of Zaragoza.
Worth the trip
- Abandoned houses with twisted wrought-iron balconies and bullet-pocked walls
- A church with a gaping ceiling and crushed rocks where the pews used to be
A little history
The old town was left untouched after being bombed by Franco's forces during the Spanish Civil War; a new town was built 1km away afterward.
Who it suits: Civil War history travellers
Who Belchite 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 Belchite lands.
Probably not for
- Heat-averse settlers 18th percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: mild summers
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
- 8.4°C top 34% of 8,131 towns 0.6°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 32.6°C bottom 25% of 8,131 towns 2.4°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 52 days top 22% of 8,088 towns 24% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 7.8 h/day top 21% of 3,829 towns 8% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 10 top 12% of 8,033 towns 46 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €14,645 top 45% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 21.6% bottom 25% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 3 top 19% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 93 km bottom 15% 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
- 61 min bottom 16% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 4 km top 17% 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
- 74 min top 50% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 78% bottom 26% of 8,132 towns 1% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 78% bottom 20% of 8,132 towns 6% below the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 1,497
- Born in Spain
- 88.6% 0.2% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 6.3% 2.5% 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 Belchite 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 Belchite against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 59 min from Zaragoza, if that's your anchor.
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