Girona · Cataluña
Castellfollit de la Roca
A dramatic village perched atop a 197-foot basaltic cliff in the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone.
Why people fall for Castellfollit de la Roca
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.
Within the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park.
Worth the trip
- Its perch on the 197-foot-high basaltic flow
- The Church of Sant Salvador in the old town centre
Who it suits: Scenic-drive travellers
Who Castellfollit de la Roca 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 Castellfollit de la Roca lands.
Castellfollit de la Roca is mid-pack for all six profiles we score (between the 64th and 79th 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
- 5.4°C bottom 22% of 8,131 towns 2.3°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 29.6°C top 36% of 8,131 towns 0.6°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 79 days bottom 29% of 8,088 towns 14% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 73 bottom 31% of 8,033 towns 16 above the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €15,597 top 33% of 8,059 towns 8% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 19.2% bottom 15% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 2 top 26% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 36 km top 39% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 469 #12 of 17 regions, −10 vs national 12 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 10 min top 6% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 2.5 km top 11% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 142 days #16 of 17 regions, +39 days vs national 32% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 58 min top 33% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 100% top 1% of 8,132 towns 21% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 1% of 8,132 towns 17% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 960
- Born in Spain
- 84.6% 4.2% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.3% 0.5% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 3.13 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 Castellfollit de la Roca 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 Castellfollit de la Roca against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 49 min from Girona, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Castellfollit de la Roca for you →Nearby towns
Other places we profile within easy reach.