Alcalá de Henares, Madrid property and area FAQs

Alcalá de Henares is a Spanish municipality of the Community of Madrid. Housing is primarily located on the north bank of the Henares.

Alcalá de Henares’ current IGN settlement record contains 3 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Alcalá de Henares, at a recorded elevation of approximately 586 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

Predated by earlier hilltop settlements (oppida) and the primitive Complutum on the left bank of the Henares, the new Roman settlement of Complutum was founded in the mid 1st century on the right bank (north) river meadow, becoming a bishopric seat in the 5th century. One of the several Muslim citadels in the Middle March of al-Andalus (hence the name Alcalá, a derivative of the Arabic term for citadel) was established on the left bank, while, after the Christian conquest culminated c. 1118, the bulk of the urban nucleus returned to the right bank. For much of the late middle-ages and the early modern period before becoming part of the province of Madrid, Alcalá de Henares was a seigneurial estate of the archbishops of Toledo. Under patronage of Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, Alcalá was transformed into a college town in the 16th century in the wake of the creation of the University of Alcalá.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 88.0 square kilometres for Alcalá de Henares municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Alcalá de Henares is in Madrid province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

The official municipality context used for Alcalá de Henares has INE code 28005. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 588 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The audited municipality record contains 17 additional named-place records for Alcalá de Henares municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

Alcalá de Henares is treated as an official municipality. The page is joined to institutional datasets by its five-digit INE identity, not by a loose name match.

The stated official-data scope is Alcalá de Henares municipality. Current NLS listings use the property-search area itself, while official market and demographic measures keep their own published geography visible.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 3 official population nuclei for Alcalá de Henares municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

Yes. The structured municipality record includes an official website field. NLS treats that as identity context and not as property-market evidence.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 40.4818, -3.3643. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

Alcalá de Henares is an official municipality in Madrid province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

Dividing the INE population of 197,364 by the recorded municipal area of 88.0 km² gives approximately 2,242.8 residents per km² for Alcalá de Henares municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 28005 and keeps the province label Madrid. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The latest imported INE population for Alcalá de Henares municipality is 197,364, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Alcalá de Henares municipality, recorded population changed by 2.6%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Alcalá de Henares municipality is €15,598 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 43.3 years for Alcalá de Henares municipality, for period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Alcalá de Henares municipality, the lowest population value is 190,260 residents in 2016.

The population figure uses INE period 2023. The page shows the period beside the value so it is not mistaken for a live counter.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Alcalá de Henares municipality, the highest population value is 197,364 residents in 2023.

The displayed series for Alcalá de Henares municipality begins at 192,316 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Alcalá de Henares municipality changed by 2.6%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Alcalá de Henares municipality is 193,565 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 17.0% for Alcalá de Henares municipality, in period 2023.

INE records 19.6% of residents aged 65 or over for Alcalá de Henares municipality, in period 2023.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.70 people per household for Alcalá de Henares municipality, for period 2023.

The page uses 9 published observations for Alcalá de Henares municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Alcalá de Henares municipality records €2,400 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €2,839 per square metre for Alcalá de Henares municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Alcalá de Henares municipality begins at €1,950 per m² in 2023Q2. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 12 displayed observations for Alcalá de Henares municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €2,839 per m² in 2026Q1.

Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 87.1% of transactions for Alcalá de Henares municipality.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional house-price index observations for Madrid, Comunidad de is 100.0 index points. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Alcalá de Henares municipality is 609 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Within the same displayed series for Alcalá de Henares municipality, the lowest appraised housing value value is €1,950 per m² in 2023Q2.

The page uses 8 published observations for Madrid, Comunidad de, running from 2024Q3 to 2026Q2.

From 2023Q2 to 2026Q1, the displayed appraised housing value value for Alcalá de Henares municipality changed by 45.6%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed appraised housing value observations for Alcalá de Henares municipality is €2,276 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Within the same displayed series for Madrid province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €3,400 per m² in 2024Q3.

The latest Registradores average is €404,696 in 2026Q2 for Madrid. It remains labelled as province evidence.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Madrid, Comunidad de, the highest regional house-price index value is 111.9 index points in 2026Q2.

Within the same displayed series for Madrid, Comunidad de, the lowest regional house-price index value is 89.6 index points in 2024Q3.

The displayed series for Madrid province begins at €3,400 per m² in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Madrid province, the highest registered sale-price benchmark value is €4,305 per m² in 2026Q2.

Dirección General del Catastro records 12,132 buildings for Alcalá de Henares municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 82,410 dwellings for Alcalá de Henares municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.

Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,987 for Alcalá de Henares municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 20,134 energy certificates for Alcalá de Henares municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The Before 1950 band contains 552 recorded buildings for Alcalá de Henares municipality, representing 4.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 82,410 dwellings across 12,132 buildings for Alcalá de Henares municipality, or approximately 6.79 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1970–1989 band contains 3,084 recorded buildings for Alcalá de Henares municipality, representing 25.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Alcalá de Henares municipality, 8.7% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The 1990–2009 band contains 6,832 recorded buildings for Alcalá de Henares municipality, representing 56.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1990–2009, with 6,832 buildings, or 56.4% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 1,092 recorded buildings for Alcalá de Henares municipality, representing 9.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 558 recorded buildings for Alcalá de Henares municipality, representing 4.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 0 listings for Alcalá de Henares. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.