Girona · Cataluña
Llívia
A geographical oddity — a Spanish enclave inside France since 1659 — with a medieval aura that deepens the higher you climb its steep streets.
Living in Llívia
Llívia is a curiosity: a small Spanish town of 1,600 that has sat as an enclave entirely surrounded by France since 1659, up in the high Cerdanya valley of the Pyrenees at over 1,200m. Its steep medieval streets deepen in atmosphere the higher you climb. It's fairly mixed for its size, with Romanian, Colombian and Moroccan residents among a mostly Spanish population. At this altitude winters are cold and snowy and summers short and mild. Oddly for so remote a spot, healthcare is close — the hospital at neighbouring Puigcerdà is barely twelve minutes away — but any airport is over an hour off.
Llívia'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 Llívia's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 60% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A geographical oddity — a Spanish enclave inside France since 1659 — with a medieval aura that deepens the higher you climb its steep streets. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — mild 21.4°C summer highs and 12 min to a hospital.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 21.4°C
- Rainy days a year 85 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 20
- Winter average temp 1.8°C
Higher than 35% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A geographical oddity — a Spanish enclave inside France since 1659 — with a medieval aura that deepens the higher you climb its steep streets. A strong pick for American retirees — 12 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 1.8°C
- Drive to a hospital 12 min
- U.S.-born residents 1.27 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €8.11/m²·mo
Higher than 29% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A geographical oddity — a Spanish enclave inside France since 1659 — with a medieval aura that deepens the higher you climb its steep streets. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 12 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 1.8°C
- Drive to a hospital 12 min
- Surgical wait (region) 142 days
- Registered long-let rent €8.11/m²·mo
Higher than 26% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A geographical oddity — a Spanish enclave inside France since 1659 — with a medieval aura that deepens the higher you climb its steep streets. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 12 min to a hospital and a real food scene.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 98%
- Drive to nearest airport 64 min
- Registered long-let rent €8.11/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 21.4°C
Higher than 23% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A geographical oddity — a Spanish enclave inside France since 1659 — with a medieval aura that deepens the higher you climb its steep streets. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 12 min to a hospital and a real food scene.
- Schools in town 2
- PISA maths (region) 469
- Registered long-let rent €8.11/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 12 min
Higher than 15% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A geographical oddity — a Spanish enclave inside France since 1659 — with a medieval aura that deepens the higher you climb its steep streets. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 12 min to a hospital and €17,918 net income per person.
- Registered long-let rent €8.11/m²·mo
- Net income per person €17,918
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 21.4°C
What is the climate like in Llívia?
Llívia's reported winter average is 1.8°C, while July–August highs reach 21.4°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 1.8°C bottom 2% of 8,131 towns 6°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 21.4°C top 1% of 8,131 towns 8.8°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 85 days bottom 18% of 8,088 towns 24% 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
- 28.4% bottom 7% of 8,130 towns 5.5% 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 Llívia?
Llívia's nearest health centre is 5.9 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 12 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 12 min top 9% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 5.9 km top 33% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 142 days #16 of 17 regions, +39 days vs national 32% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Llívia?
Llívia has 2 schools in town; the nearest international school is 89 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 2 top 26% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 89 km bottom 15% 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 Llívia?
Llívia's reported registered long-let rent is €8.11/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €8.11/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €5.96/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €9.58/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €17,918 top 10% of 8,059 towns 24% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 22.9% bottom 31% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Llívia?
Catalonia 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 Catalonia region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Llívia?
Llívia's reported population is 1,572.
Who lives here
- Population
- 1,572
- Born in Spain
- 80.7% 8.1% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 5% 1.2% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.27 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Llívia?
Llívia is a reported 64 min drive from the nearest airport, with 98% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 64 min top 39% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 98% top 13% of 8,132 towns 19% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 98% top 28% of 8,132 towns 14% 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 Llívia 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 Llívia against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 89 min from Manresa, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Llívia 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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