Teruel · Aragon

Iglesuela del Cid, La

A picturesque Maestrazgo village whose name bears witness to the exploits of El Cid Campeador, though there's little else to commemorate the legendary hero.

356 residents~89 min to Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana
Iglesuela del Cid, La, Teruel
Photo: Manel Zaera · CC BY-SA 2.0

Why people fall for Iglesuela del Cid, La

Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.

11km southeast of Cantavieja, reached by a fine walk along a rough country road.

Worth the trip

  • Ochre-red, dry-stone walls and ubiquitous coats of arms
  • The compact Pza. de la Iglesia, enclosed by the old ayuntamiento and the Iglesia Parroquial de la Purificación

Fiestas

  • El Cid romería, forty days after Easter (usually May)

A little history

The village's name bears witness to the exploits of El Cid Campeador, who came charging through the Maestrazgo in his fight against the infidel.

Who it suits: Off-beat road-trippers

Who Iglesuela del Cid, 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 Iglesuela del Cid, La lands.

Iglesuela del Cid, La is mid-pack for all six profiles we score (between the 45th and 54th 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
8.2°C top 36% of 8,131 towns 0.4°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
Summer high (Jul–Aug)
31.7°C bottom 30% of 8,131 towns 1.5°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
Rainy days a year
51 days top 21% of 8,088 towns 25% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
Sunshine
no local data
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
€11,892 bottom 17% of 8,059 towns 18% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
Income growth ’18–’23
23.5% bottom 35% of 6,605 towns

Schools

Schools in town
0 bottom 46% of 7,042 towns
Nearest international school
59 km bottom 37% 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
89 min bottom 3% of 8,132 towns
Nearest health centre
8.5 km top 46% 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
82 min bottom 42% of 8,132 towns
Fibre-to-home coverage
77% bottom 26% of 8,132 towns 2% below the Spanish average (79%)
100 Mbps+ coverage
77% bottom 20% of 8,132 towns 6% below the Spanish average (83%)

Who lives here

Population
356
Born in Spain
85.4% 3.4% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
Born elsewhere in EU/UK
2.5% 1.3% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
U.S.-born residents
0 per 1,000
Nearest airport Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport (CDT) — 82 min drive · international: direct flights to 10 countries (incl. UK, Germany)
Winter 8.2°C average — 0.4°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
Summer 31.7°C high — 1.5°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)

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.

10° 20° 30° 100 0 mm 11° 13° 17° 19° 24° 11° 29° 15° 32° 18° 31° 18° 26° 15° 21° 11° 15° 11° day high night low JFMAMJJASOND
day high → night low (°C) rain (mm/month, right axis) Measured at the CALANDA station, 52 km away — the nearest with full 30-year normals.

How does Iglesuela del Cid, 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 Iglesuela del Cid, La against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 89 min from Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana, if that's your anchor.

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