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Sant Quirze de Besora

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Sant Quirze de Besora is a municipality in the comarca of Osona in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the banks of the Ter river in the north of the comarca. It is on the main communication route between Barcelona and Puigcerdà, served by the C-17 road and a station on the Rodalies de Catalunya railway line. It is also linked to Prats de Lluçanès and the Berguedà by the C-149 road. There is a tradition of textile manufacture in the town, as well as a distillery and a hydroelectric power station.

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Sant Quirze de Besora became part of Osona in the comarcal revision of 1990: previously it formed part of the Ripollès.

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Village information

Coat of arms of Sant Quirze de Besora
Province
Barcelona
Autonomous community
Cataluña
Population (INE 2025)
2,164
Altitude
573 m
Mayor
David Solà i Rota
Area (IGN)
8.1 km²
District
Osona
Postcode
08580
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Where to sleep in Sant Quirze de Besora

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Sant Quirze de Besora at a glance

Distance to a city
Vic, 19 km away
The nearest city of over 50,000 people (50,796 inhab.)
Barcelona, the provincial capital, 79 km away
As the crow flies: further by road.
Population
2,164 inhabitants
INE population register, 2025
Connections and getting around
Bus: 4 stops in the village
Train: Sant Quirze de Besora, 1 km away
Airport: Girona, 50 km away
Stops and stations from OpenStreetMap; distances as the crow flies.
Grants and subsidies
Where to look for them
Regional government website (Cataluña)
Official grants search (BDNS)
Youth Rent Allowance (Ministry of Housing)
Local work
No offers listed right now
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Housing
Rent: €445/month
Municipal median, 2024
Buying: €3,204/m² (appraised value, provincial average)
Where each figure comes from
Healthcare
1 health centre
2 pharmacies
Education
2 primary schools
Sports facilities
10 in the village
1 pool
Connectivity
Fibre in 99% of homes
4G in 100%
5G in 100%

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Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes99 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes100 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes100 %

No data on: ATMs, post office, street market, nursery school, secondary school, care home.

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 Sant Quirze de Besora. Rental and purchase prices for the area are under “Cost of living”.

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Cost of living

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Cost of living in Sant Quirze de Besora, with the source of each figure
Renting a flat (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Sant Quirze de Besora · 129 leases€445/month
Renting a house (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Sant Quirze de Besora€480/month
Buying a home (appraised value)MIVAU, appraised value of private housing · Q2 2026 · figure for the province of Barcelona€3,204/m²
Average net household incomeINE, Income Distribution Atlas · 2023 · figure for Sant Quirze de Besora€40,215/year
Petrol 95Ministry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 7 petrol stations within 10 km€1.731/litre
DieselMinistry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 7 petrol stations within 10 km€1.808/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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