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View of El BarracoMiguel Angel Masegosa Martínez · CC BY 2.0

El Barraco

Mountain village

El Barraco is a municipality in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. It is located in the local valley of the Alberche river.

Text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Village information

Coat of arms of El Barraco
Province
Ávila
Autonomous community
Castilla y León
Population (INE 2025)
2,086
Altitude
1,007 m
Area (IGN)
151 km²
Postcode
05110
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Where to sleep in El Barraco

75 registered places to stay

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El Barraco at a glance

Distance to a city
Ávila, 20 km away
The nearest city of over 50,000 people (59,107 inhab.)
As the crow flies: further by road.
Population
2,086 inhabitants
INE population register, 2025
Connections and getting around
Bus: 1 stop in the village
Train: Herradón-La Cañada, 18 km away
Airport: Salamanca, 89 km away
Stops and stations from OpenStreetMap; distances as the crow flies.
Grants and subsidies
Where to look for them
Regional government website (Castilla y León)
Official grants search (BDNS)
Youth Rent Allowance (Ministry of Housing)
Local work
No offers listed right now
The ones the town hall and local businesses post on 8000pueblos.
Housing
Rent: €327/month
Municipal median, 2024
Buying: €1,167/m² (appraised value, provincial average)
Where each figure comes from
Healthcare
1 health centre
1 pharmacy
Education
1 primary school
Sports facilities
13 in the village
1 pool
Connectivity
Fibre in 85% of homes
4G in 100%
5G in 100%

Useful information

Everything you need for your visit or your day-to-day

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Services and transport

Travelling with your pet

Parks, beaches and places to stay that OpenStreetMap marks as dog-friendly. Many places allow dogs without it being marked: ask when you book.

Education, sport and elderly care

Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes85 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes100 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes100 %

No data on: train station, EV chargers, motorhomes, street market, nursery school, secondary school.

Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract from October 2026: we count what is mapped within the municipal boundary. "No data" means OpenStreetMap doesn't have it, not that it doesn't exist. Completed with Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): the pharmacies, health centres, petrol stations, banks, cash machines, food shops and schools that OpenStreetMap was missing. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

Housing

Right now nobody has listed a home or land in El Barraco. Rental and purchase prices for the area are under “Cost of living”.

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Cost of living

Official figures, each with its source, its year and whether it refers to the village or the province. They are medians and averages: your case may differ.

Cost of living in El Barraco, with the source of each figure
Renting a flat (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for El Barraco · 69 leases€327/month
Renting a house (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for El Barraco€400/month
Buying a home (appraised value)MIVAU, appraised value of private housing · Q2 2026 · figure for the province of Ávila€1,167/m²
Average net household incomeINE, Income Distribution Atlas · 2023 · figure for El Barraco€28,630/year
Petrol 95Ministry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 4 petrol stations within 10 km€1.894/litre
DieselMinistry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 4 petrol stations within 10 km€1.947/litre

Sources: State Housing Rent Index System and appraised housing value (Spanish Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda); Household Income Distribution Atlas (INE); fuel prices (Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition). Open data, reusable with attribution. The set lunch menu and coffee aren't shown: there are no public statistics on those prices by village or by province.

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