Huesca · Aragon
Bielsa
A small town at the confluence of two rivers, the most comfortable jumping-off point for exploring Ordesa y Monte Perdido national park.
Why people fall for Bielsa
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
33km north of Aínsa, at the confluence of the Cinca and Barrosa rivers.
Worth the trip
- The Parador de Bielsa, at the edge of the national park
- The lush Valle de Pineta and glassy Lago de Marboré, a 4-5 hour trek from the parador
Who it suits: Trekkers
Who Bielsa 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 Bielsa lands.
Probably not for
- Retiring couples 2nd percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: close to a hospital
- American retirees 2nd percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: close to a hospital
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
- 5.2°C bottom 19% of 8,131 towns 2.5°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 30.3°C top 47% of 8,131 towns 0.1°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 83 days bottom 20% of 8,088 towns 21% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- 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
- €17,853 top 10% of 8,059 towns 23% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 28.7% top 34% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 1 top 39% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 78 km bottom 24% 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
- 96 min bottom 2% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 14.1 km bottom 25% 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
- 148 min bottom 4% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 63% bottom 16% of 8,132 towns 16% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 78% bottom 20% of 8,132 towns 5% below the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 478
- Born in Spain
- 85.2% 3.6% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 8.6% 4.8% 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 Bielsa 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 Bielsa against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 114 min from Huesca, if that's your anchor.
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