Spainability rankings · Updated July 2026
Where Germans actually live in Spain — the top towns
A census count, not a recommendation: the towns with the most German nationals, from the same 2022 Padrón register as our British list.
Sorted from the 19-province Padrón extract (2,379 municipalities) — not limited to our published town profiles.
Related: Where Germans actually live (interactive map) .
The ranking
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Has a full Spainability town profile — Barcelona.
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Has a full Spainability town profile — Madrid.
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Has a full Spainability town profile — Balears, Illes.
- 4
Calvià the Balearics
2,500 German nationals (2022)In Balears, Illes.
- 5
San Bartolomé de Tirajana the Canary Islands
2,249 German nationals (2022)In Palmas, Las.
- 6
Pájara the Canary Islands
2,056 German nationals (2022)In Palmas, Las.
- 7
Torrox Andalusia
1,823 German nationals (2022)In Málaga.
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Has a full Spainability town profile — Málaga.
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Has a full Spainability town profile — Valencia.
- 10
Llucmajor the Balearics
1,260 German nationals (2022)In Balears, Illes.
How we ranked this
This list is NOT persona-scored. It's sorted straight from Spain's Padrón municipal register (2022): the towns with the most German nationals, largest count first.
- Data INE census (population, origins), AEMET climate normals, regional PISA scores, and the Health Ministry's SISLE waiting lists — each town compared against the Spanish average.
- Reproducible This is a straight census sort — the same numbers you'd get from INE, just ranked and linked.
- What we don't score This counts German nationals on the municipal register, not German-born, and it's a count, not a recommendation. The data is a January 2022 snapshot — the most recent all-town vintage we have — so treat it as directionally right, not current-week accurate.
Compare the top 10
| # | Town | German nationals (2022) | per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 7,821 | 4.8 |
| 2 | Madrid | 5,187 | 1.6 |
| 3 | Palma | 3,144 | 7.6 |
| 4 | Calvià | 2,500 | 47.7 |
| 5 | San Bartolomé de Tirajana | 2,249 | 42.5 |
| 6 | Pájara | 2,056 | 99.1 |
| 7 | Torrox | 1,823 | 91.2 |
| 8 | Marbella | 1,660 | 11 |
| 9 | València | 1,609 | 2 |
| 10 | Llucmajor | 1,260 | 32.5 |
Values from the Spainability dataset (INE / AEMET / regional sources). "no data" = we don't have that number for this town and never guess it.
Questions
Where do most Germans live in Spain?
German residents concentrate on the Canary Islands (especially Tenerife's south coast), the Balearics (Mallorca) and the Costa Blanca — long-established German communities with German-language schools, media and services. This is from Spain's 2022 Padrón municipal register.
Is the Padrón data still accurate for Germans in Spain today?
It's the most recent all-town vintage available (1 January 2022) — good for seeing where the community concentrates, but real numbers have moved since. We label the vintage on every row rather than passing it off as current.
This is where they already are, not where you should go
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