Huesca · Aragon
Bielsa
A small town at the confluence of two rivers, the most comfortable jumping-off point for exploring Ordesa y Monte Perdido national park.
Living in Bielsa
Bielsa is a mountain village of under 500 at nearly 1,900m in the high Aragonese Pyrenees, sitting where two rivers meet and serving as the most comfortable base for the Ordesa y Monte Perdido national park. This is genuine high-alpine living — a cold mountain climate of long snowy winters and short cool summers — with a parador at the edge of the park and treks like the Valle de Pineta on the doorstep. For its size it has a French and international tinge, drawn by the mountains. The trade-off is real isolation: the nearest hospital is over an hour and a half away, and Huesca nearly two.
Bielsa's Spainability Scores — by who's moving
Not our opinion: we ran the same scoring engine behind the quiz for six settler profiles across all 8,132 municipalities. Each score is Bielsa's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 39% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A small town at the confluence of two rivers, the most comfortable jumping-off point for exploring Ordesa y Monte Perdido national park. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — daily-needs services and hills and hiking nearby.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.3°C
- Rainy days a year 83 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 20
- Winter average temp 5.2°C
Higher than 22% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A small town at the confluence of two rivers, the most comfortable jumping-off point for exploring Ordesa y Monte Perdido national park. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — daily-needs services and hills and hiking nearby.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 78%
- Drive to nearest airport 148 min
- Registered long-let rent €5.2/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.3°C
Higher than 16% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A small town at the confluence of two rivers, the most comfortable jumping-off point for exploring Ordesa y Monte Perdido national park. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — hills and hiking nearby and daily-needs services.
- Schools in town 1
- PISA maths (region) 487
- Registered long-let rent €5.2/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 96 min
Higher than 10% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A small town at the confluence of two rivers, the most comfortable jumping-off point for exploring Ordesa y Monte Perdido national park. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a health centre close by and daily-needs services.
- Winter average temp 5.2°C
- Drive to a hospital 96 min
- Surgical wait (region) 132 days
- Registered long-let rent €5.2/m²·mo
Higher than 8% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A small town at the confluence of two rivers, the most comfortable jumping-off point for exploring Ordesa y Monte Perdido national park. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — daily-needs services and €17,853 net income per person.
- Registered long-let rent €5.2/m²·mo
- Net income per person €17,853
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.3°C
Higher than 6% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A small town at the confluence of two rivers, the most comfortable jumping-off point for exploring Ordesa y Monte Perdido national park. A strong pick for American retirees — a health centre close by and daily-needs services.
- Winter average temp 5.2°C
- Drive to a hospital 96 min
- U.S.-born residents 0 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €5.2/m²·mo
What is the climate like in Bielsa?
Bielsa's reported winter average is 5.2°C, while July–August highs reach 30.3°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 5.2°C bottom 19% of 8,131 towns 2.5°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 30.3°C top 47% of 8,131 towns 0.1°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 83 days bottom 20% of 8,088 towns 21% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 20 top 18% of 8,033 towns 36 below the Spanish average (56)
- River-flood depth (T=100, town centre) estimated
- 0 m top 1% of 8,129 towns 0.04 m below the Spanish average (0.04 m)
- River-flood risk score estimated
- 0 top 1% of 8,129 towns about the Spanish average (0)
- Wildfire burn rate (2010–23)
- 0 ha/km² top 1% of 8,132 towns 2.31 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 0 top 1% of 8,132 towns 6 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 26% bottom 20% of 8,130 towns 3.1% above the Spanish average (22.9%)
The year, month by month
AEMET 30-year climate normals — what a January or an August actually feels like, not the annual average.
How good is healthcare in Bielsa?
Bielsa's nearest health centre is 14.1 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 96 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 96 min bottom 2% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 14.1 km bottom 23% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 132 days #13 of 17 regions, +29 days vs national 22% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Bielsa?
Bielsa has 1 schools in town; the nearest international school is 78 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 1 top 39% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 78 km bottom 21% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 487 #7 of 17 regions, +8 vs national 6 above the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Bielsa?
Bielsa's reported registered long-let rent is €5.2/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €5.2/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €3.76/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €7.19/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €17,853 top 10% of 8,059 towns 23% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 28.7% top 34% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Bielsa?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in Aragón, and Spanish-medium teaching is the public-school default. Individual bilingual and international programmes can use other languages, so check the specific school. See the Aragón region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Bielsa?
Bielsa's reported population is 478.
Who lives here
- Population
- 478
- Born in Spain
- 85.2% 3.6% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 8.6% 4.8% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Bielsa?
Bielsa is a reported 148 min drive from the nearest airport, with 63% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 148 min bottom 4% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 63% bottom 16% of 8,132 towns 16% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 78% bottom 20% of 8,132 towns 5% below the Spanish average (83%)
Numbers: Spainability town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma and the Catastro. Registered long-let rent is SERPAVI declared-contract data; its p25–p75 values show the observed band. Registered-rent yield is gross, excludes costs and is never imputed. Percentile chips count only the municipalities that report the figure — the "of n" says how many. Region-ranked figures (PISA, surgical waits) compare Spain's 17 comunidades autónomas. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
How does Bielsa fit you?
These are the town's numbers. Whether it's your town depends on what you're optimising for — winter sun or mild summers, a city or a village, short medical waits, an easy flight home. The 3-minute quiz scores Bielsa against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 114 min from Huesca, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Bielsa for you →Questions to verify locally
- Ask whether current long-let rents match the registered-contract figure.
- Request comparable sales; neither appraisal nor asking data is published.
- Test fibre speed at the exact address, not the town average.
- Visit local schools and confirm places for incoming families.
- Confirm health-centre registration and opening hours in person.
- Test the reported airport drive at the time you would travel.
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