Alicante / Alacant, Alicante property and area FAQs

Alicante, in Spanish, or Alacant, in Valencian (officially: Alacant / Alicante), is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historical Mediterranean port.

Alicante / Alacant’s current IGN settlement record contains 40 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Alacant/Alicante, at a recorded elevation of approximately 67 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include el Palamó (3,462 residents in the cited settlement record), Rebolledo (1,074 residents in the cited settlement record), Urbanova (791 residents in the cited settlement record), la Santa Faç (564 residents in the cited settlement record), and Loma Espí (387 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 201.3 square kilometres for Alicante / Alacant municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 3 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 03014 and keeps the province label Alicante. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

Alicante / Alacant 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.

Alicante / Alacant is an official municipality in Alicante 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 38.3453, -0.4831. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 40 official population nuclei for Alicante / Alacant municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

The official municipality context used for Alicante / Alacant has INE code 03014. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

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

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

Alicante / Alacant is in Alicante province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

Dividing the INE population of 354,576 by the recorded municipal area of 201.3 km² gives approximately 1,761.7 residents per km² for Alicante / Alacant municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The audited municipality record contains 89 additional named-place records for Alicante / Alacant municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The latest imported INE population for Alicante / Alacant municipality is 354,576, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Alicante / Alacant municipality, recorded population changed by 8.6%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Alicante / Alacant municipality is €13,681 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 43.2 years for Alicante / Alacant municipality, for period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Alicante / Alacant municipality is 335,129 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The displayed series for Alicante / Alacant municipality begins at 326,463 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

INE records 19.6% of residents aged 65 or over for Alicante / Alacant municipality, in period 2023.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.50 people per household for Alicante / Alacant municipality, for period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Alicante / Alacant municipality, the highest population value is 354,576 residents in 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Alicante / Alacant municipality changed by 8.6%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

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 page uses 9 published observations for Alicante / Alacant municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 19.2% for Alicante / Alacant municipality, in period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Alicante / Alacant municipality, the lowest population value is 325,026 residents in 2016.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Alicante / Alacant municipality records €1,992 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €2,265 per square metre for Alicante / Alacant municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Alicante / Alacant municipality begins at €1,542 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 Alicante / Alacant municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €2,265 per m² in 2026Q1.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed appraised housing value observations for Alicante / Alacant municipality is €1,857 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The latest displayed MITMA point records 1,460 housing transactions in 2026Q2 for Alicante / Alacant municipality.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed registered sale-price benchmark observations for Alicante province is €1,996 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

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

The latest Registradores average is €202,776 in 2026Q2 for Alicante. It remains labelled as province evidence.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional foreign-buyer share value for Comunitat Valenciana changed by 9.1%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Alicante / Alacant municipality is 1,707 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The displayed series for Alicante / Alacant municipality begins at 1,587 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The page uses 12 published observations for Alicante / Alacant municipality, running from 2023Q2 to 2026Q1.

The page uses 8 published observations for Comunitat Valenciana, running from 2024Q3 to 2026Q2.

Within the same displayed series for Alicante / Alacant municipality, the lowest appraised housing value value is €1,542 per m² in 2023Q2.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Alicante province, the highest registered sale-price benchmark value is €2,194 per m² in 2026Q2.

Within the same displayed series for Alicante province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €1,813 per m² in 2024Q3.

Dirección General del Catastro records 23,441 buildings for Alicante / Alacant municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 189,300 dwellings for Alicante / Alacant 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 1,968 for Alicante / Alacant municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 64,187 energy certificates for Alicante / Alacant municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 2010 onward band contains 587 recorded buildings for Alicante / Alacant municipality, representing 2.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 4,546 recorded buildings for Alicante / Alacant municipality, representing 19.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 4,828 recorded buildings for Alicante / Alacant municipality, representing 21.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Alicante / Alacant municipality, 7.5% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The 1970–1989 band contains 6,675 recorded buildings for Alicante / Alacant municipality, representing 29.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 6,675 buildings, or 29.1% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 6,280 recorded buildings for Alicante / Alacant municipality, representing 27.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 189,300 dwellings across 23,441 buildings for Alicante / Alacant municipality, or approximately 8.08 dwellings per recorded building.

The current eligible public inventory contains 2 listings for Alicante / Alacant. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

No. The Alicante / Alacant count includes only active listings that are eligible for the public NLS catalogue at the time the page is generated. Draft, withdrawn, private and feed-private records do not create a public area or property-type page.