Almuñécar, Granada property and area FAQs

Almuñécar is a Spanish city and municipality located in the southwestern part of the comarca of the Costa Granadina, in the province of Granada. It is located on the shores of the Mediterranean sea and borders the Granadin municipalities of Otívar, Jete, Ítrabo and Salobreña, and with the Malagueño municipality of Nerja. The Verde river runs through its territory. The municipality of Sexitano includes the population centers of Almuñécar —municipal capital—, La Herradura, Velilla-Taramay, Torrecuevas, Río Seco, El Rescate and El Cerval.

Almuñécar’s current IGN settlement record contains 3 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-17. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Almuñécar, at a recorded elevation of approximately 16 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include La Herradura (4,740 residents in the cited settlement record) and Velilla-Taramay (3,263 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.

Almuñécar's coat of arms, which shows the turbaned heads of three Barbary pirates floating in the sea, was granted to the town by King Carlos I in 1526 for its having destroyed a Berber raiding force.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 83.4 square kilometres for Almuñécar municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

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

The official municipality context used for Almuñécar has INE code 18017. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 18017 and keeps the province label Granada. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 24 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

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

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

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

Almuñécar 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 latest imported INE population for Almuñécar municipality is 27,550, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Almuñécar municipality, recorded population changed by 1.2%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Almuñécar municipality is €11,350 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 45.6 years for Almuñécar municipality, for period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Almuñécar municipality, the lowest population value is 25,676 residents in 2019.

INE records 23.7% of residents aged 65 or over for Almuñécar municipality, in period 2023.

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

The latest imported INE figure is 2.40 people per household for Almuñécar municipality, for period 2023.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 19.3% for Almuñécar municipality, in 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 simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Almuñécar municipality is 26,506 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The displayed series for Almuñécar municipality begins at 27,234 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Almuñécar municipality records €2,568 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 16.0% for Andalucía in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Andalucía begins at 14.3% 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 Andalucía, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 16.0% in 2026Q2.

Within the same displayed series for Andalucía, the lowest regional house-price index value is 90.6 index points in 2024Q3.

The published price measures use 658 price-informed sales from 707 total recorded transactions for Almuñécar municipality.

Within the 12 displayed observations for Almuñécar municipality, the highest quarterly transaction count value is 215 transactions in 2024Q1.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Almuñécar municipality is 180 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

INE reports a house-price index of 110.9 for Andalucía in 2026Q2. An index is not a euro price per square metre.

Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 97.2% of transactions for Almuñécar municipality.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional foreign-buyer share observations for Andalucía is 13.9%. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

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

Dirección General del Catastro records 8,756 buildings for Almuñécar municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 29,694 dwellings for Almuñécar 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 1,979 for Almuñécar municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 5,744 energy certificates for Almuñécar municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 1970–1989 band contains 4,149 recorded buildings for Almuñécar municipality, representing 47.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 274 recorded buildings for Almuñécar municipality, representing 3.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 4,149 buildings, or 47.6% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 1,543 recorded buildings for Almuñécar municipality, representing 17.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Almuñécar municipality, 4.6% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The Before 1950 band contains 393 recorded buildings for Almuñécar municipality, representing 4.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 2,350 recorded buildings for Almuñécar municipality, representing 27.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 29,694 dwellings across 8,756 buildings for Almuñécar municipality, or approximately 3.39 dwellings per recorded building.

The current eligible public inventory contains 3 listings for Almuñécar. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

No. The Almuñécar 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.