Alcántara, Cáceres property and area FAQs

Alcántara is a municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, on the Tagus, near Portugal. The toponym is from the Arabic word al-Qanṭarah (القنطرة) meaning "the bridge".

Alcántara’s current IGN settlement record contains 3 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-28. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Alcántara, at a recorded elevation of approximately 225 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Estorninos (24 residents in the cited settlement record) and Poblado de Iberdrola (18 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.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 552.0 square kilometres for Alcántara municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 291 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The official municipality context used for Alcántara has INE code 10008. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

Dividing the INE population of 1,292 by the recorded municipal area of 552.0 km² gives approximately 2.3 residents per km² for Alcántara municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

Alcántara is in Cáceres province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

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

The latest imported INE population for Alcántara municipality is 1,292, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Alcántara municipality, recorded population changed by -11.7%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Alcántara municipality is €13,799 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 51.5 years for Alcántara municipality, for period 2023.

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 imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 2.9% for Alcántara municipality, in period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Alcántara municipality, the lowest population value is 1,292 residents in 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Alcántara municipality records €504 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 2.9% for Extremadura in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Extremadura begins at 1.7% 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 Extremadura, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 2.9% in 2026Q2.

The page uses 12 published observations for Alcántara municipality, running from 2023Q3 to 2026Q2.

The price-informed transactions in the Notariado snapshot have an average recorded surface of 106 m² for Alcántara municipality.

The latest displayed MITMA point records 7 housing transactions in 2026Q2 for Alcántara municipality.

Dirección General del Catastro records 1,611 buildings for Alcántara municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 1,256 dwellings for Alcántara 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 1,959 for Alcántara municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 62 energy certificates for Alcántara municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 715 buildings, or 44.5% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 322 recorded buildings for Alcántara municipality, representing 20.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 47 recorded buildings for Alcántara municipality, representing 2.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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