Alta Ribagorça
A comarca in the province of Lleida
Pyrenean peaks and Romanesque jewels. The Boí Valley and Aigüestortes Park offer a stunning natural environment with the purest air in Catalonia.
Main cities: Pont de Suert, el, Vall de Boí, la, Vilaller
Alta Ribagorça at a glance
How Alta Ribagorça ranks
Where Alta Ribagorça sits in each of Onviure's comarca rankings. Click through to the full ranking.
Where it stands out
- Most schools per resident22.2 / 10,000#1 of 43
- Lowest wildfire hazard0.0%#1 of 43
- Most rural10 /km²#2 of 43
- Lowest unemployment4.0%#2 of 43
- Most protected nature49.0%#5 of 42
Where it falls behind
- Highest income per resident17,128 €#33 of 43
- Best hospital access30.0 km#41 of 43
- Closest to Barcelona164.3 km#42 of 43
- Least touristy102.6 / 100 res.#42 of 43
- Lowest flood risk100.0%#43 of 43
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- Mildest climate4.7 nights#6 of 43
- Cheapest housing860 €/m²#8 of 43
- Affordability index5.0% income/m²#8 of 43
- Land prices95 €/m²#12 of 43
- Safest comarques35.5 /1,000#13 of 40
No better end
- Islamisation index0.54/4 (Low)#3 of 43
- Where Catalan is most spoken80.6%#24 of 43
- Political spectrum54% independentist#30 of 43
- Most international18.0%#31 of 43
- Immigration growth+0.4 pp#41 of 42
In these rankings neither end is better: they describe what a comarca is like, not how well it does. That is why they are not coloured green-to-red and do not count as a strength or a weakness.
Trends & composition
How prices, climate and the population have moved in Alta Ribagorça over time.
Property price evolution
Median asking price (€/m²) across all Idealista listings collected up to each month (2 months so far). These are asking prices, not sale prices: not comparable with the official Idescat figure.
Climate trend (2018–2025)
- Tropical nights7 per year
- Hot days23 per year
Modeled yearly averages from Open-Meteo reanalysis data — not direct station readings.
Crime over time
Offences known to the Mossos d'Esquadra per 1,000 residents, 2011 to 2025. Up to 2022, each year is divided by that year's own registered population. The register goes no further, so later years are divided by today's population and read slightly low. The 2020 fall reflects the lockdowns.
Registered sale prices
Average selling price of second-hand housing, euros per built m², 2013 to 2024 (Idescat). These are registered transactions: not comparable with the Idealista asking prices elsewhere on this page.
How the population's origins have changed
- Rest of Spain16.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean6%
- Eastern Europe4%
- Maghreb3.4%
- Western Europe1.3%
- East & Southeast Asia0.2%
Percentage of the comarca's population born in each world region, 2007 to 2022 (Idescat, INE municipal register, at 1 January). Residents born in Catalonia are not plotted — 68.1% in the latest year — because a line that size would flatten every other one. The regions are geographic and do not follow EU membership: Romania and Poland sit in Eastern Europe. That is deliberate, because EU membership moved during the period (the UK left in 2020, Croatia joined in 2013) and a series built on it would show treaty steps rather than migration. This is place of BIRTH, not nationality (many residents have naturalised), not ethnicity and not religion. It does not include the second generation: a child born in Spain to Moroccan parents counts as born in Spain.
Where given names come from
All living residents of any age, as a share of the whole population — not names given to this year's newborns.
- Castilian names25.3%
- Names shared by both languages17.8%
- Catalan names17.3%
- Maghrebi names0.6%
- Basque names0.3%
- Eastern European names0.2%
- Other traditions0.1%
- Anglophone names<0.1%
- Unclassified38.3%
Share of residents by the naming tradition their given name comes from (Idescat Onomàstica, 2025 register). Note carefully: the register covers ALL living residents, of every age — not names given in 2025. People called Antonio average 62 years old; people called Marc average 27. The composition is eighty years of naming decisions accumulated, not a picture of what parents choose today. The list classifies 81.6% of names in Catalonia; the rest is shown as "unclassified" and is never redistributed across the other groups. That share covers two different things: names absent from the list, and names on it that Idescat withholds for statistical confidentiality when fewer than 4 people in the comarca carry them. It is therefore much larger in small comarques — and every minority slice should be read as a floor, especially there. Names Idescat publishes merged (Maria/María, Júlia/Julia, Ramon/Ramón) cannot be attributed to either language and count as shared. It measures where a name comes from — not a person's origin, language or identity.
All the data
Market Data (Idealista)
- All homes
- 860 €/m²
- Apartments
- 1,798 €/m²
- Houses / chalets
- 435 €/m²
- All land
- 95 €/m²
- Urban / developable
- 130 €/m²
- Rustic
- 66 €/m²
- Avg. rent
- 460 €/month2025
Asking prices to buy (sale), not rent — median €/m² of active listings. Based on 82 home listings and 42 land listings stored for this comarca. Last updated: August 10, 2026.
Economics & Demographics
- Income (per person)
- 17,128 € · 6% below the Catalan median2023
- Unemployment
- 4%2024
- Median Age
- 48 years2023
- Foreigners
- 18%2025
- Annual Growth
- +0.3%2024
Climate metrics
- Tropical nights
- 4.7 per year2023–2025
- Cool nights
- 64.7 each summer2023–2025
- Hot days
- 16.7 per year2023–2025
Natural risk
- Residents in a very-high flood-risk municipality
- 100%2026
- Residents in an above-average wildfire-hazard municipality
- 0%2026
- Forest area burned (2011-2024)
- 272 ha2011–2024
Shares of people, not of municipalities or of land: the proportion of the comarca's residents living in a municipality classified at the stated level. Official classification from the INUNCAT and INFOCAT plans (Departament d'Interior); fires from the Departament d'Acció Climàtica. Wildfire hazard is relative to the Catalan average.
Quality & Safety
- PM2.5
- No monitoring station in this comarca
- Safety
- 35.5 per 1,0002025
Language
- Can speak Catalan
- 80.6%2011
Share of residents aged 2 and over who report being able to speak Catalan, from the 2011 population census (Idescat, based on INE figures). That is the last census edition to carry the language question at municipal level: real measured data, but more than a decade old. It measures the ability to speak Catalan, not everyday use; Idescat's language-use survey is only published for broad territorial areas, not by comarca.
Religious Diversity
- Places of Worship
- 76
- Islamic Centers
- 0
- Muslim-Country Born Residents
- 137
Religious-infrastructure data from public sources (DGAR Generalitat, Idescat). Presented as-is, with no value judgment.
Points of Interest
- Beach
- 150 km
- Ski
- 20 km
- Airport
- 77 km
- Hospital
- 30 km
- Barcelona
- 164 km
Lifestyle & Services
- Tourism Intensity
- 102.6 per 1002026
- Total Schools
- 92025–2026
- Protected Nature
- 49%2022–2023
Frequently asked questions
- Is it expensive to live in Alta Ribagorça?
- Housing in Alta Ribagorça costs 1,519 €/m² on average, from registered sales in 2024, 2% above the Catalan median. It ranks #8 of 43 in Onviure's "Cheapest Housing in Catalonia by Comarca".
- How much is rent in Alta Ribagorça?
- Average rent in Alta Ribagorça is 460 € a month (2025), from the deposits registered with Incasòl, 19% below the Catalan median.
- What do people earn in Alta Ribagorça?
- Household disposable income per resident in Alta Ribagorça is 17,128 € a year (Idescat, 2023), 6% below the Catalan median. It ranks #33 of 43 in Onviure's "Catalan Comarques with Highest Income per Resident".
- Is it safe to live in Alta Ribagorça?
- The Mossos d'Esquadra recorded 35.5 offences per 1,000 residents in Alta Ribagorça in 2025. It ranks #13 of 40 in Onviure's "Safest Comarques in Catalonia".
- What is the climate like in Alta Ribagorça?
- Alta Ribagorça averages 5 tropical nights (above 20 °C) and 17 days above 30 °C a year, from the 2023–2025 mean.
- Do people speak Catalan in Alta Ribagorça?
- 80.6% of residents aged 2 and over in Alta Ribagorça reported being able to speak Catalan in the 2011 census, the last edition to carry the question at this level. It measures the ability to speak it, not everyday use.
Compare Alta Ribagorça with another comarca
Pick a comarca to see it side by side with Alta Ribagorça, with the Catalonia median as a reference.
The reference period varies by metric and is shown beside each value. Sources: Idescat, Mossos d'Esquadra, Open-Meteo, Idealista and Generalitat de Catalunya.