Huesca · Aragon
Alquézar
A striking village clinging to the rock on the edge of a canyon, dominated by its castle and collegiate church — a canyoning capital of the Pyrenees.
What Alquézar is like
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.
Built on the edge of a canyon along the Río Vero.
Worth the trip
- Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor, built on the site of a 9th-century Arab alcázar (Al-Qasr, giving the village its name), with a beautiful 12th-century Romanesque Christ
- Prehistoric rock paintings nearby at Abrigo de Arpán and Tozal de Mallata
- Some 70 canyons carved into the limestone, making Sierra de Guara y Cañones the Pyrenees' most sought-after canyoning spot
A little history
In the 9th century the Arabs built an alcázar, Al-Qasr, which gave the village its name, later taken by King Sancho Ramírez around 1067.
Who it suits: Canyoning enthusiasts · Bird-watchers (bearded vultures, golden eagles)
The numbers
The decision data — each figure against the Spanish average. Regional overlays and estimates are labelled, and where there's no local reading we say so plainly.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 7°C 0.8°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 31.8°C 1.6°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 61 days 11% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 7.8 h/day 7% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 20 36 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €16,149 11% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 30.8%
Schools
- Schools in town
- 0
- Nearest international school
- 35 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 487 6 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 32 min
- Nearest health centre
- 9.1 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 132 days 22% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 88 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 46% 33% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 89% 6% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 325
- Born in Spain
- 77.9% 10.9% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 16.3% 12.5% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0 per 1,000
Numbers: SettleSpain town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma, Ministerio del Interior and the Catastro. National average = the unweighted mean across all 8,132 Spanish municipalities with data. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
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