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Palencia

Regions › Castilla y León › Palencia

158,687 people
1 January 2025

Trend · people

180,571 157,752
1996 2025
Municipalities
191
172 with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants · 160 lost population over 10 years
Largest municipality
48.8 %
of the population lives in Palencia

Trend · percent

48.8 47.9
2015 2025

Population

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Births and ageing

5.2 per 1,000 inhabitants
824 births in 2024 · Spain: 6.5

Trend · per 1,000 inhabitants

13.2 5
1975 2024
Children per woman INE: See the source profile
1.08
2024 · Spain: 1.10

Trend

2.1 0.9
1975 2024
28.2%
of the population in 2025 · Spain: 20.7%

Trend · percent

28.2 11
1971 2025
49.1 years
2025 · Spain: 44.5 years

Trend · years

49.1 34
1971 2025
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In 2024 the population of Palencia changed by 4.0 per 1,000 inhabitants: -8.0 from births minus deaths and 12.0 from migration (from abroad and from other provinces) and adjustments. 9.6% of its inhabitants were born abroad. Source: INE (Vital Statistics, Basic Demographic Indicators and Continuous Population Statistics).

Municipalities

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Farm soil

68 % of the land is farmland (5,452 km²; in Spain, 48 %). On that land the most common texture is clay loam and the most widespread soil type is cambisols. More detail and the comparison with Europe in farm soils.

Heavy soils (clay loam and clay) SoilGrids · CORINE 2018: See the source profile
61 %
of farmland · Spain: 47 % · average clay: 28 %
Average pH of farm soil SoilGrids: See the source profile
7.5
68 % alkaline or calcareous · Spain: pH 7.3
Average organic matter SoilGrids: See the source profile
3.2 %
Spain: 3.4 %

Each dot is a 2 × 2 km square with farmland, coloured by its texture. For pH, organic matter, soil type or crop, see the farm soils map.

Map of municipalities

Click a municipality to see its soil on its page. In grey, municipalities outside this area or with no farmland on the CORINE map (woodland, urban land or fields smaller than 25 ha).

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Topsoil (0-30 cm) from the SoilGrids model (ISRIC) over the farmland of the CORINE Land Cover 2018 map. It is a model: it is good for comparing areas, but it is no substitute for a soil test of the field.

Local government debt

Outstanding local debt per person Ministry of Finance: See the source profile
249 €
31 December 2025, in 2025 euros · total: €40 M in current euros

Trend · €

840.5 249.1
2008 2025
Town council debt
99 %
of local debt; the rest belongs to the provincial council (cabildo, consell) and other bodies

Trend · percent

99.3 51.2
2008 2025
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Amounts per person (each year's Municipal Register) and adjusted for inflation using the annual average CPI, in 2025 euros: that way the series does not rise just because there are more residents or prices go up.

Public employment

Public employees per 1,000 inhabitants Central Personnel Register: See the source profile
68.5
Spain: 62.5 · 10,865 employees based in the province at 01/01/2026

Trend

71 64.6
2019-07 2026-01
€466 per person
2024, in 2025 euros · Spain: €479 · 168 town councils with data

Trend · per person

466.1 352.1
2010 2024
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The Central Personnel Register does not publish staff figures for each town council, only the total for all town councils and for the provincial council (or cabildo, island council) in each province. Each town council's staff costs are shown on its municipality page. More in Public employment.


Unemployment

5.6%
LFS 2026-T2 (small sample: the average is more reliable) · average over the last year 7.0% · Spain 9.9%

Trend · percent

15 5.6
2016-Q3 2026-Q2
-%
2026-T2 · Spain 23.8%
Registered unemployment SEPE: See the source profile
6.3 per 100 inhabitants
aged 16 to 64, 08/2026 · 6,008 people (2.1% year on year)

Trend · per 100 inhabitants

7.3 5.9
2023-09 2026-08
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Household income

€15,983
per year in 2023, 2025 euros · ranked 14 of 52 · Spain €15,866

Trend

16,132.9 14,441.3
2015 2023
€35,916
per year in 2023, 2025 euros

Trend

36,838.3 34,083.9
2015 2023
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INE Household Income Distribution Atlas (tax data), adjusted for inflation. More in Income, poverty and inequality.

Housing

€1,093/m²
Change: +10.4 % appraised value, 2026-T2 · Spain: €2,283/m² · real terms vs a year earlier

Trend · /m²

1,844.3 952.5
1996-Q1 2026-Q2
€441/month
2024 · Spain: €641/month

Trend · /month

476.1 428.9
2011 2024
Sales per 1,000 inhabitants INE / ETDP: See the source profile
14.6
12 months to 07/2026 · Spain: 14.2

Trend

14.8 4.8
2007-12 2026-07
Homes completed per 1,000 inhabitants Ministry of Housing: See the source profile
0.95
open-market housing, 2025 · Spain: 1.64

Trend

17.5 0.6
1996 2025
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Appraised value: municipalities with more than 25,000 inhabitants. Rent (personal income tax data): municipalities with 20,000 or more.

Prices and rents in 2025 euros. More detail in Housing.

Pensions

Average retirement pension Social Security: See the source profile
€1,562/month
2026 (average of 9 months), 2025 euros · Spain: €1,527 · ranked 16 of 52

Trend · /month

1,543.6 1,092.1
2008 2025
Pensions per 1,000 inhabitants Social Security / INE: See the source profile
282
Spain: 214 · 100 for every 100 people aged 65+ · 44,673 pensions

Trend

279 231.6
2008 2025
1.52
Spain: 2.11 (data by province since 2021)

Trend

1.5 1.5
2021 2025

Social Security contributory pensions. Gross amounts for each of the 14 annual payments, adjusted for inflation. More in Pensions.

Elections

71.3%
23/7/2023 · Spain: 66.6%

Trend · percent

83.8 68.7
1977 2023
PP · 42.0%
second: PSOE (34.7%) · 3 seats in the province

Trend · percent

55.5 31.3
1977 2023
Effective number of parties Own calculation: See the source profile
3.1
by votes, latest general election

Trend

4.2 2.2
1977 2023
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Official sources

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