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Each town's IBI rate (the local property tax)
The rate each council approved for 2026, read in its own tax bylaw for 44 of the 124 towns. The works tax (ICIO) and the year of the last cadastral revision come from the Generalitat register, tax year 2026.
Ordenances fiscals municipals vigents el 2026 (BOPB i webs municipals)Read 24 September 2026 - 02
The current tax bylaw
The Consorci AOC catalogue shows which bylaw applies in each town today and when it was published. Where we have read the text, we cite the article number.
Consorci AOC — catàleg d'ordenances fiscals dels ens locals de CatalunyaRead 3 November 2026 - 03
The climate
Daily readings from XEMA, Meteocat's network of automatic weather stations, 2015-2024. Each town is matched to a named station, with its distance. When the nearest station isn't the right fit, we say why we chose another.
Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya — Dades meteorològiques diàries de la XEMA (7bvh-jvq2)Read 3 November 2026 - 04
Minutes by car and on foot
Calculated by Verithic along real routes, with no traffic, from each town centre.
OSRM over OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)Read 3 November 2026 - 05
The reference beach and school
The nearest beach and primary school to each town centre come from the registers kept by Protecció Civil and the Departament d'Educació. Verithic works out the minutes.
Protecció Civil — Estat de les platges de Catalunya · Departament d'Educació — Directori de centres docents, curs 2025/2026Read 3 November 2026 - 06
The reference hospital
The hospital with 24-hour A&E assigned to each town, and the straight-line distance to it, calculated by Verithic.
CatSalut — Cercador de centres sanitarisRead 19 September 2026 - 07
Price per m² and rent
Average price of resale homes sold (Jul 2025–Jun 2026, Generalitat registered sales) and average rent, town by town.
Generalitat de Catalunya, Secretaria d'Habitatge — compravendes registrades; Diputació de Barcelona — Indicadors Municipals d'HabitatgeRead 3 November 2026 - 08
Property tax on an average home
The average cadastral value of each town's homes, times its IBI rate. Not shown where a recent revaluation lowers the taxable base for nine years.
Dirección General del Catastro — Catastro urbano 2026Read 3 November 2026 - 09
Tourist flats
Registered tourist flats per town (register updated 5 October 2026), per 100 residents, and the licence rules of Decree-law 3/2023.
Generalitat de Catalunya — Registre de Turisme de CatalunyaRead 3 November 2026 - 10
Residents of other nationalities
The share of residents with a foreign nationality, and how many of them are European.
Idescat — Population census 2025Read 3 November 2026 - 11
International schools
Curriculum, stages and the fees each school publishes itself. Where a school doesn't publish them, we say so.
Departament d'Educació — directory of schools, and each school's own websiteRead 23 September 2026 - 12
The register of estate agents
The Generalitat's compulsory register, in alphabetical order and with each agent's registration number, so you can check every one.
AICAT — Registre d'agents immobiliaris de CatalunyaRead 7 October 2026
Only published data
Every figure comes from the body that publishes it, with its date.
Every figure with its year
Register and bylaw, each in its own column.
The data sets the order
No paid placement ever enters the ranking.
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