Lleida · Cataluña
Seu d'Urgell, La
Known to locals simply as Seu — a pleasant town with a formidable history as seat of the regional archbishopric since the sixth century, sitting amid looming peaks near Andorra.
What Seu d'Urgell, La is like
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide & The Rough Guide.
Amid looming peaks, with Andorra just 10km to the north.
Worth the trip
- The cathedral, the best example of Lombard Romanesque in Catalonia, begun 1175
- An outdoor market held continuously since 1029, on Tuesdays and Saturdays
- Carrer dels Canonges, the oldest street, with centuries-old buildings
A little history
Seat of the regional archbishopric since the sixth century.
Who it suits: Romanesque-architecture travellers
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
- 1.8°C 6°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 21.4°C 8.8°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 85 days 24% 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
- €13,077 10% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 24%
Schools
- Schools in town
- 9
- Nearest international school
- 100 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 469 12 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min
- Nearest health centre
- 0.3 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 142 days 32% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 14 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 99% 20% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 13,003
- Born in Spain
- 72.5% 16.3% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 4% 0.1% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.46 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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