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Alfoz, Lugo property and area FAQs

Alfoz is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It is in the comarca of A Mariña Central. It borders the municipalities of Foz, Mondoñedo, Abadín and O Valadouro. Alfoz is the antipodes of the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Place and geography

What kind of place is Alfoz?

Alfoz is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It is in the comarca of A Mariña Central. It borders the municipalities of Foz, Mondoñedo, Abadín and O Valadouro.

How is Alfoz organised into official settlements?

Alfoz’s current IGN settlement record contains 4 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is A Seara, at a recorded elevation of approximately 76 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Vilaúde (99 residents in the cited settlement record), Correlos (55 residents in the cited settlement record), and Barbeito (34 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.

What else is documented about Alfoz?

Alfoz is the antipodes of the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.

What is the recorded municipal area for Alfoz?

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 77.5 square kilometres for Alfoz municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

How does NLS avoid mixing Alfoz with similarly named places?

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 27002 and keeps the province label Lugo. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

What is the approximate municipal population density for Alfoz?

Dividing the INE population of 1,523 by the recorded municipal area of 77.5 km² gives approximately 19.7 residents per km² for Alfoz municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

How many official population nuclei are recorded for Alfoz?

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 4 official population nuclei for Alfoz municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

Which province is Alfoz in?

Alfoz is shown within Lugo province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

People and households

What is the latest official population shown for Alfoz?

The latest imported INE population for Alfoz municipality is 1,523, for period 2023.

How has the recorded population changed in Alfoz?

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Alfoz municipality, recorded population changed by -16.3%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

What net income per person is recorded for Alfoz?

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Alfoz municipality is €14,178 net income per person, for period 2023.

What is the recorded average age in Alfoz?

INE records an average age of 56.6 years for Alfoz municipality, for period 2023.

When does the current population series for Alfoz reach its maximum?

Within the 9 displayed observations for Alfoz municipality, the highest population value is 1,819 residents in 2015.

What does the first available population point show for Alfoz?

The displayed series for Alfoz municipality begins at 1,819 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

How extensive is the current population series used for Alfoz?

The page uses 9 published observations for Alfoz municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

Property market evidence

What is the latest official sold-price snapshot for Alfoz?

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Alfoz municipality records €361 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

What foreign-buyer share is shown for the wider Alfoz market?

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 4.1% for Galicia in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

What is the earliest displayed Alfoz regional foreign-buyer share observation?

The displayed series for Galicia begins at 2.2% in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

What is the highest displayed regional foreign-buyer share point relevant to Alfoz?

Within the 8 displayed observations for Galicia, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 4.1% in 2026Q2.

What share of recent transactions is resale housing in Alfoz?

Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 100.0% of transactions for Alfoz municipality.

What does the first available quarterly transaction count point show for Alfoz?

The displayed series for Alfoz municipality begins at 3 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

When does the current quarterly transaction count series for Alfoz reach its maximum?

Within the 12 displayed observations for Alfoz municipality, the highest quarterly transaction count value is 7 transactions in 2025Q2.

Housing stock and registrations

How many cadastral buildings are recorded for Alfoz?

Dirección General del Catastro records 2,501 buildings for Alfoz municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

How many dwellings are recorded for Alfoz?

The current Catastro building extract records 1,398 dwellings for Alfoz municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.

What is the average recorded build year in Alfoz?

Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,953 for Alfoz municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

Which building-age band is largest in Alfoz?

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 895 buildings, or 35.9% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

How much of the recorded Alfoz building stock falls in the 2010 onward band?

The 2010 onward band contains 23 recorded buildings for Alfoz municipality, representing 0.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

How prominent is the 1970–1989 construction band in Alfoz?

The 1970–1989 band contains 602 recorded buildings for Alfoz municipality, representing 24.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

How much of the recorded Alfoz building stock falls in the Before 1950 band?

The Before 1950 band contains 895 recorded buildings for Alfoz municipality, representing 35.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Current property inventory

How many properties are currently listed in Alfoz on NLS?

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

How to read these answers

Current listings and asking prices can change. Institutional figures update on their own publication cycles and may use municipality, province or autonomous-community scope. Compare unlike measures only after checking their stated geography and period. This page is market context, not a valuation, forecast, legal opinion or investment recommendation.