Álava
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In 2024 the population of Álava changed by 9.9 per 1,000 inhabitants: -2.7 from births minus deaths and 12.6 from migration (from abroad and from other provinces) and adjustments. 16.6% of its inhabitants were born abroad. Source: INE (Vital Statistics, Basic Demographic Indicators and Continuous Population Statistics).
Municipalities
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Farm soil
37 % of the land is farmland (1,122 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.
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.
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).
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
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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
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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
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Household income
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INE Household Income Distribution Atlas (tax data), adjusted for inflation. More in Income, poverty and inequality.
Housing
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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
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Social Security contributory pensions. Gross amounts for each of the 14 annual payments, adjusted for inflation. More in Pensions.
Elections
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Official sources
New sections: Labour Force Survey (INE) and registered unemployment (SEPE); Household Income Distribution Atlas (INE); appraised value and SERPAVI (Ministry of Housing); contributory pensions (Social Security); births and population (INE).
INE – Official population figures for municipalities (Municipal Register)
Ministry of Finance – Outstanding debt of local authorities: debt at 31 December for each body, reconciled with the Banco de España total.
Banco de España – Statistical Bulletin, chapter 14: debt of town councils with more than 300,000 inhabitants.
Instituto Geográfico Nacional (via es-atlas): municipal boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
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