Castellón/Castelló · Comunidad Valenciana
Sant Mateu
The historical capital of the Maestrazgo, its wool-trade wealth still visible in its arcaded Plaza Mayor and Gothic palaces.
What Sant Mateu is like
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.
25 miles northwest of Sant Mateu's regional area, in the Maestrazgo.
Worth the trip
- Beautiful Gothic palaces from the 15th century on Calle Historiador Betí
- The Iglesia Archipresbyterale, one of the most remarkable Gothic sanctuaries in the region
A little history
Fell under the military rule of Montesa in 1319, when the leaders of the knights established their residence there, bringing a period of great wealth from the wool trade.
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
- 11.2°C 3.4°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 31°C 0.8°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 39 days 43% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 115 59 above the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €13,535 7% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 23.5%
Schools
- Schools in town
- 3
- Nearest international school
- 54 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 473 8 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 37 min
- Nearest health centre
- no local data
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 88 days 18% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 41 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 78% 1% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 87% 3% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 2,010
- Born in Spain
- 79.4% 9.4% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 9.2% 5.4% 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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