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Villaviciosa
A small old centre with pleasant squares and elegant alleys, home to two beautiful Romanesque churches.
Why people fall for Villaviciosa
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.
16 miles west of La Isla.
Worth the trip
- The Church of Santa María de la Oliva, 13th century, with a Gothic rose window and Romanesque portal
- The Church of San Juan in nearby hilltop Amandi, with a 13th-century portal and decorated apse
Who it suits: Romanesque-architecture travellers
Who Villaviciosa 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 Villaviciosa lands.
Good for
- Families with school-age kids 98th percentile of 8,132 towns 17 km from the sea · 15,386 people
- Heat-averse settlers 97th percentile of 8,132 towns 17 km from the sea · mild 23.1°C summer highs
- Remote-working couples 95th percentile of 8,132 towns 17 km from the sea · 15,386 people
- Budget-first coastal settlers 93rd percentile of 8,132 towns 17 km from the sea · 15,386 people
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
- 11.5°C top 15% of 8,131 towns 3.7°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 23.1°C top 4% of 8,131 towns 7.1°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 122 days bottom 6% of 8,088 towns 78% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 6 top 6% of 8,033 towns 50 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €14,987 top 41% of 8,059 towns 3% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 30.5% top 25% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 5 top 12% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 18 km top 17% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 495 #2 of 17 regions, +16 vs national 14 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 25 min top 32% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 2.3 km top 10% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 91 days #7 of 17 regions, −12 days vs national 16% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 56 min top 31% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 76% bottom 24% of 8,132 towns 3% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 80% bottom 22% of 8,132 towns 3% below the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 15,386
- Born in Spain
- 89% 0.2% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.9% 0.9% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.76 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 Villaviciosa 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 Villaviciosa against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 24 min from Siero, if that's your anchor.
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