Salamanca · Castilla Y Leon
Alberca, La
A historic town ringed by mass tourism today, but whose centre still maintains an extraordinary collection of late medieval, half-timbered houses.
What Alberca, La is like
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
76km southwest of Salamanca, in the Parque Natural Las Batuecas-Sierra de Francia.
On the table. Known for its embutidos and jamones — rich, nutty hams, smoked pork and cured sausages sold in nearly every shop.
Worth the trip
- An extraordinary collection of late medieval, half-timbered houses
Who it suits: Ham/charcuterie shoppers
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
- 6.6°C 1.2°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 31.1°C 0.9°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 64 days 7% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 44 12 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €14,403 about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 30%
Schools
- Schools in town
- 2
- Nearest international school
- 123 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 499 18 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 113 min
- Nearest health centre
- 2 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 87 days 19% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 106 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 99% 20% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% 15% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 1,035
- Born in Spain
- 91.5% 2.7% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.1% 1.7% below 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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