Zaragoza · Aragon
Sos del Rey Católico
Derives its name from Fernando II, El Rey Católico, born here in 1452 — narrow cobbled streets packed with marvellously grand mansions.
What Sos del Rey Católico is like
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
120km from Zaragoza.
Worth the trip
- The Casa Palacio de Sada, Fernando's reputed birthplace, with exhibits on the Aragonese monarchy
- The Romanesque Church of San Esteban, with beautifully preserved fourteenth-century frescoes
- The ruined Castillo de la Peña Felizana, with magnificent views
A little history
Fernando II, El Rey Católico, was born here in 1452, as powerful a local-boy-made-good as any Aragonese town could hope for.
Who it suits: Royal-history travellers · Parador seekers
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
- 6.8°C 1°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 28.9°C 1.3°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 93 days 35% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 6.2 h/day 15% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 32 24 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €16,550 14% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 27.1%
Schools
- Schools in town
- 1
- Nearest international school
- 52 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 487 6 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 33 min
- Nearest health centre
- 3.9 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 132 days 22% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 55 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 73% 6% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 78% 5% below the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 582
- Born in Spain
- 82% 6.8% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.9% 0.9% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.72 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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