This is what the study affirms 'Quality of life ranking of Spanish municipalidad'), carried out by researchers from the University of Oviedo and published in the 'Journal of Applied Economics'.
At state set el First occupies it Pamplona. The report also establishes a list of the populations where people live worse, and there is no Catalan town among the 50 that have the least quality of life. In fact, one of the conclusions of the research is that the north and the center of Spain are the best places to live, while the quality of life is worse in the south.
The town where you live worst is Barbate (Cádiz).
Researchers Eduardo González, Ana Carcavo and Juan Ventura, point out that none of the 10 largest cities in the State appears in the 'top 50'. Of course, among the big cities, Barcelona occupies the first position, the 75th. They are followed by Bilbao (106), Valencia (170), Zaragoza (194), Murcia (240), Palma de Mallorca (245), Madrid (246), Seville (358), Malaga (438) and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ( 488).
As for the 10 towns in the State where people live best, Pamplona tops the list, followed by Laredo (Cantabria), Soria, Jaca (Huesca), Torrelodones (Madrid), Zafra (Badajoz), Banyoles (Barcelona), Getxo (Basque Country), Tres Cantos (Madrid) and Burlada (Navarra).
The study has taken into account the 643 largest towns in Spain, over 10.000 inhabitants, and has been carried out with data from 2001, since, according to the researchers in the study, they are the most recent available.
76,3% of the state population lives in the localities of the sample studied. The research evaluates aspects such as consumption, social services, housing, transport, the environment, the labor market, health, culture and leisure, education and security.