Alcañices, Zamora property and area FAQs

Alcañices (Portuguese: Alcanises) is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. It is very close to the Portugal-Spain border, not far from the Portuguese town of Bragança. In fact, the Village is especially remembered for being the seat of the Treaty of Alcañices that on 12 September 1297 defined the border between Portugal and the Crown of Castile, the oldest in Europe.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 4 official population nuclei for Alcañices. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-22. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Alcañices, at a recorded elevation of approximately 800 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Alcorcillo (97 residents in the cited settlement record), Vivinera (58 residents in the cited settlement record), and Santa Ana (23 residents in the cited settlement record). Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

Its name is of Arabic origin and means "the churches", although the origin of the town may have been a hillfort of the Zoelae.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 55.0 square kilometres for Alcañices municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Dividing the INE population of 1,052 by the recorded municipal area of 55.0 km² gives approximately 19.1 residents per km² for Alcañices municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The audited municipality record contains 2 additional named-place records for Alcañices municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

Alcañices is an official municipality in Zamora province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 41.6989, -6.3479. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The latest imported INE population for Alcañices municipality is 1,052, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Alcañices municipality, recorded population changed by 0.0%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Alcañices municipality is €13,465 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 51.7 years for Alcañices municipality, for period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Alcañices municipality, the highest population value is 1,052 residents in 2015.

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

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Alcañices municipality is 1,015 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Alcañices municipality records €306 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 5.8% for Castilla y León in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Castilla y León begins at 3.6% 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 Castilla y León, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 5.8% in 2026Q2.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed registered sale-price benchmark observations for Zamora province is €877 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional house-price index observations for Castilla y León is 100.3 index points. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Within the same displayed series for Alcañices municipality, the lowest quarterly transaction count value is 0 transactions in 2023Q4.

Dirección General del Catastro records 1,408 buildings for Alcañices municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 859 dwellings for Alcañices 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 1,944 for Alcañices municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 81 energy certificates for Alcañices municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 1990–2009 band contains 261 recorded buildings for Alcañices municipality, representing 18.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 238 recorded buildings for Alcañices municipality, representing 16.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 859 dwellings across 1,408 buildings for Alcañices municipality, or approximately 0.61 dwellings per recorded building.

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