Alora, Málaga property and area FAQs

Álora is a town and municipality in southern Spain in the province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Located c. 40 km from Málaga, on the right bank of the river Guadalhorce and on the Córdoba-Málaga railway, within the comarca of Valle del Guadalhorce. It is a typical pueblo blanco, a whitewashed village nestled between three rocky spurs topped by the ruins of the castle.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 9 official population nuclei for Álora. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Álora, at a recorded elevation of approximately 213 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include El Puente (1,357 residents in the cited settlement record), Bermejo-Caracuel (454 residents in the cited settlement record), Bellavista (272 residents in the cited settlement record), Barriada Estación (139 residents in the cited settlement record), and Las Mellizas Estación (108 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 municipality covers an area of 169.58 km2 that covers a wide territory in which the large landforms of Málaga are located. The hills are occupied by cereal, olive and oak trees and orchards of fruit and vegetables that cover the valley floor.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 169.0 square kilometres for Álora municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Alora 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 linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 36.8232, -4.7020. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The audited municipality record contains 93 additional named-place records for Álora municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 9 official population nuclei for Álora municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

Dividing the INE population of 13,468 by the recorded municipal area of 169.0 km² gives approximately 79.7 residents per km² for Álora municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The latest imported INE population for Álora municipality is 13,468, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Álora municipality, recorded population changed by 4.5%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Álora municipality is €10,648 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 44.0 years for Álora municipality, for period 2023.

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

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Álora municipality is 13,127 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

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

The displayed series for Álora municipality begins at 12,892 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Álora municipality changed by 4.5%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Álora municipality records €1,164 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 12 displayed observations for Álora municipality, the highest quarterly transaction count value is 55 transactions in 2025Q2.

The displayed series for Álora municipality begins at 28 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The published price measures use 147 price-informed sales from 167 total recorded transactions for Álora municipality.

Within the same displayed series for Álora municipality, the lowest quarterly transaction count value is 28 transactions in 2023Q3.

Dirección General del Catastro records 6,658 buildings for Álora municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 7,414 dwellings for Álora 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 1,972 for Álora municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 1,107 energy certificates for Álora municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 1990–2009 band contains 2,232 recorded buildings for Álora municipality, representing 33.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 1,701 recorded buildings for Álora municipality, representing 25.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 7,414 dwellings across 6,658 buildings for Álora municipality, or approximately 1.11 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1970–1989 band contains 1,248 recorded buildings for Álora municipality, representing 18.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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

The current public inventory is: 2 villas. Only types with at least one eligible live listing receive an indexable area/type page.

Published asking prices in the current NLS inventory run from €170,000 to €420,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

The difference between the current published minimum of €170,000 and maximum of €420,000 is €250,000. This describes the live mix of listings and is not a market-value estimate.

No. The Alora 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.

NLS currently shows 2 eligible public villas for Alora, equal to 100.0% of the 2-listing area inventory.