Castellón/Castelló · Comunidad Valenciana
Vilafamés
An attractive hill town that successfully mixes the medieval, Renaissance and modern, anchored by a well-regarded contemporary art museum.
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Living in Vilafamés
Vilafamés is an attractive hill town of 2,000 in the Castellón interior, a blend of medieval lanes, a ruined castle taken by Jaume I in 1233, and — unexpectedly — a well-regarded contemporary art museum with works by Miró and Chillida in a 15th-century palace. It's mostly Spanish with Romanian and Moroccan residents. The climate is dry Mediterranean, warm summers near 31°C and mild winters around 12°C. It sits conveniently close to the coast: Castellón is under half an hour away, as are a hospital and the region's airport.
Vilafamés'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 Vilafamés's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 99% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
An attractive hill town that successfully mixes the medieval, Renaissance and modern, anchored by a well-regarded contemporary art museum. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 29 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 12.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 29 min
- Surgical wait (region) 88 days
- Registered long-let rent €4.04/m²·mo
Higher than 97% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
An attractive hill town that successfully mixes the medieval, Renaissance and modern, anchored by a well-regarded contemporary art museum. A strong pick for American retirees — 29 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 12.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 29 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.51 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €4.04/m²·mo
Higher than 84% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
An attractive hill town that successfully mixes the medieval, Renaissance and modern, anchored by a well-regarded contemporary art museum. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 13 km from the sea and 29 min to a hospital.
- Registered long-let rent €4.04/m²·mo
- Net income per person €14,804
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.6°C
Higher than 81% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
An attractive hill town that successfully mixes the medieval, Renaissance and modern, anchored by a well-regarded contemporary art museum. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 13 km from the sea and 29 min to a hospital.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 77%
- Drive to nearest airport 26 min
- Registered long-let rent €4.04/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.6°C
Higher than 78% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
An attractive hill town that successfully mixes the medieval, Renaissance and modern, anchored by a well-regarded contemporary art museum. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 13 km from the sea and 29 min to a hospital.
- Schools in town 1
- PISA maths (region) 473
- Registered long-let rent €4.04/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 29 min
Higher than 61% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
An attractive hill town that successfully mixes the medieval, Renaissance and modern, anchored by a well-regarded contemporary art museum. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 13 km from the sea and 29 min to a hospital.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.6°C
- Rainy days a year 43 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 115
- Winter average temp 12.3°C
What is the climate like in Vilafamés?
Vilafamés's reported winter average is 12.3°C, while July–August highs reach 30.6°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 12.3°C top 8% of 8,131 towns 4.5°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 30.6°C bottom 49% of 8,131 towns 0.4°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 43 days top 7% of 8,088 towns 37% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 8 h/day top 16% of 3,829 towns 10% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 115 bottom 14% of 8,033 towns 59 above 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)
- 0.07 ha/km² top 50% of 8,132 towns 2.24 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 2 bottom 42% of 8,132 towns 4 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 22.3% top 42% of 8,130 towns 0.6% below 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 Vilafamés?
Vilafamés's nearest health centre is 6.7 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 29 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 29 min top 40% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 6.7 km top 38% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 88 days #6 of 17 regions, −15 days vs national 18% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Vilafamés?
Vilafamés has 1 schools in town; the nearest international school is 14 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 1 top 39% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 14 km top 13% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 473 #10 of 17 regions, −6 vs national 8 below the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Vilafamés?
Vilafamés's reported registered long-let rent is €4.04/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €4.04/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €3.39/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €5.29/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €14,804 top 43% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 22.3% bottom 28% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Vilafamés?
the Valencia region has a co-official regional language, and public schools commonly use regional-language immersion or bilingual models rather than Spanish-only teaching. The exact classroom language depends on the school and programme, so confirm the current model before enrolling. See the the Valencia region region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Vilafamés?
Vilafamés's reported population is 1,961.
Who lives here
- Population
- 1,961
- Born in Spain
- 86.3% 2.5% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 6.1% 2.2% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.51 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Vilafamés?
Vilafamés is a reported 26 min drive from the nearest airport, with 67% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 26 min top 5% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 67% bottom 18% of 8,132 towns 12% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 77% bottom 19% of 8,132 towns 7% 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 Vilafamés 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 Vilafamés against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 29 min from Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Vilafamés 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.
- Ask an insurer how the mapped flood or wildfire exposure affects cover.
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