Cáceres · Extremadura
Hervás
A pleasant little valley-flank town with a fascinating former Jewish quarter.
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Living in Hervás
Hervás is a pleasant little town of 3,900 on a wooded valley flank in northern Extremadura, best known for its remarkably intact former Jewish quarter of narrow lanes and timbered houses. It sits at nearly 800m in green, well-watered hill country — cooler and much wetter than the Extremaduran plains, with mild summers and cool winters. It's overwhelmingly Spanish and makes a good base for the surrounding sierra. Services are a fair drive, though: the nearest hospital is over an hour away, and Salamanca, the nearest city, a little more.
The case for Hervás
- registered long-let rents of €3.94/m² a month
- Salamanca — a 100,000+ city — 73 minutes by road
- skiing at La Covatilla, ~15 km away as the crow flies
- 10.3% of residents are under 15 — more children than the typical Spanish town
- 89% fibre-to-the-home coverage
No adjectives, no opinions — every line is a measured value from the data below, shown only when Hervás genuinely earns it. Distances marked "as the crow flies" are straight-line estimates.
Hervás'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 Hervás's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 42% of the 2,299 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A pleasant little valley-flank town with a fascinating former Jewish quarter. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — a settled international community and low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.94/m²·mo).
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 89%
- Drive to nearest airport 103 min
- Registered long-let rent €3.94/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 27.9°C
Higher than 36% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A pleasant little valley-flank town with a fascinating former Jewish quarter. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — a settled international community and mild 27.9°C summer highs.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 27.9°C
- Rainy days a year 86 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 44
- Winter average temp 5.7°C
Higher than 27% of the 2,299 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A pleasant little valley-flank town with a fascinating former Jewish quarter. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — a settled international community and low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.94/m²·mo).
- Registered long-let rent €3.94/m²·mo
- Net income per person €12,248
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 27.9°C
Higher than 26% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A pleasant little valley-flank town with a fascinating former Jewish quarter. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a health centre close by and a settled international community.
- Winter average temp 5.7°C
- Drive to a hospital 63 min
- Surgical wait (region) 135 days
- Registered long-let rent €3.94/m²·mo
Higher than 23% of the 2,299 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A pleasant little valley-flank town with a fascinating former Jewish quarter. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — a settled international community and low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.94/m²·mo).
- Schools in town 3
- PISA maths (region) 469
- Registered long-let rent €3.94/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 63 min
Higher than 21% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A pleasant little valley-flank town with a fascinating former Jewish quarter. A strong pick for American retirees — a health centre close by and a settled international community.
- Winter average temp 5.7°C
- Drive to a hospital 63 min
- U.S.-born residents 1.03 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €3.94/m²·mo
What is the climate like in Hervás?
Hervás's reported winter average is 5.7°C, while July–August highs reach 27.9°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 5.7°C bottom 26% of 8,131 towns 2.1°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 27.9°C top 16% of 8,131 towns 2.3°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 86 days bottom 17% of 8,088 towns 25% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 44 bottom 49% of 8,033 towns 12 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)
- 9.3 ha/km² bottom 4% of 8,132 towns 6.99 ha/km² above the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 10 bottom 11% of 8,132 towns 4 above the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 20.7% top 26% of 8,130 towns 2.2% 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 Hervás?
Hervás's nearest health centre is 2.2 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 63 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 63 min bottom 14% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 2.2 km top 11% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 135 days #14 of 17 regions, +32 days vs national 25% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Hervás?
Hervás has 3 schools in town; the nearest international school is 106 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 3 top 19% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 106 km bottom 8% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 469 #12 of 17 regions, −10 vs national 12 below the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Hervás?
Hervás's reported registered long-let rent is €3.94/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €3.94/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €3.23/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €4.79/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €12,248 bottom 21% of 8,059 towns 16% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 35.9% top 9% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Hervás?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in Extremadura, 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 Extremadura region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Hervás?
Hervás's reported population is 3,900.
Who lives here
- Population
- 3,900
- Born in Spain
- 94.1% 5.3% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2% 1.9% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.03 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Hervás?
Hervás is a reported 103 min drive from the nearest airport, with 89% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 103 min bottom 24% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 89% top 50% of 8,132 towns 11% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 89% bottom 38% of 8,132 towns 6% above 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 Hervás 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 Hervás against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 73 min from Salamanca, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Hervás 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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