Zaragoza · Aragon
Belchite
The old town, left untouched after being bombed by Franco's forces, is perhaps the most haunting reminder of the horrors of the Spanish Civil War.
What Belchite is like
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
20km east of Fuendetodos, 50km southeast of Zaragoza.
Worth the trip
- Abandoned houses with twisted wrought-iron balconies and bullet-pocked walls
- A church with a gaping ceiling and crushed rocks where the pews used to be
A little history
The old town was left untouched after being bombed by Franco's forces during the Spanish Civil War; a new town was built 1km away afterward.
Who it suits: Civil War history 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
- 8.4°C 0.6°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 32.6°C 2.4°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 52 days 24% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 7.8 h/day 8% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 10 46 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €14,645 about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 21.6%
Schools
- Schools in town
- 3
- Nearest international school
- 93 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 487 6 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 61 min
- Nearest health centre
- 4 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 132 days 22% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 74 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 78% 1% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 78% 6% below the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 1,497
- Born in Spain
- 88.6% 0.2% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 6.3% 2.5% 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.
How does Belchite fit you?
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