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.
What Bielsa is like
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
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
- 5.2°C 2.5°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 30.3°C 0.1°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 83 days 21% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 20 36 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €17,853 23% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 28.7%
Schools
- Schools in town
- 1
- Nearest international school
- 78 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 487 6 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 96 min
- Nearest health centre
- 14.1 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 132 days 22% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 148 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 63% 16% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 78% 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: 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.
How does Bielsa fit you?
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