Girona · Cataluña

Santa Pau

A beautifully preserved medieval village at the heart of the volcanic region, known for its beloved fesols (haricot beans).

1,578 residents~53 min to Girona

What Santa Pau is like

Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.

9km southwest of Olot, right in the middle of La Garrotxa's volcanic region.

On the table. Known for its fesols (haricot beans), celebrated with its own bean festival.

Worth the trip

  • Stone houses, narrow lanes and ancient archways
  • The thirteenth-century Pl. Mayor, once the Firal dels Bous (Cattle Market)

Fiestas

  • Fira de Sant Antonic / Fira de Fesol (bean festival), mid- or late January

Who it suits: Volcanic-region base

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
5.4°C 2.3°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
Summer high (Jul–Aug)
29.6°C 0.6°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
Rainy days a year
79 days 14% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
Sunshine
no local data
Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
73 16 above the Spanish average (56)

Cost & economy

Home price
no local data
Net income per person
€18,407 27% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
Income growth ’18–’23
30%

Schools

Schools in town
3
Nearest international school
29 km
PISA maths (region) regional estimate
469 12 below the Spanish average (481)

Healthcare

Drive to a hospital
11 min
Nearest health centre
7.7 km
Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
142 days 32% more than the Spanish average (108 days)

Getting around

Drive to nearest airport
62 min
Fibre-to-home coverage
83% 4% above the Spanish average (79%)
100 Mbps+ coverage
85% 2% above the Spanish average (83%)

Who lives here

Population
1,578
Born in Spain
93.1% 4.3% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
Born elsewhere in EU/UK
2.2% 1.7% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
U.S.-born residents
1.27 per 1,000
Winter 5.4°C average — 2.3°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
Summer 29.6°C high — 0.6°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)

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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