Alpens, Barcelona property and area FAQs

Alpens is a municipality situated in the comarca of Lluçanès, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Alpens is located 105 km from the city of Barcelona and 13 km from the comarca capital, Prats de Lluçanès.

For Alpens, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 1 official population nucleus. The imported source records are dated through 2025-12-03. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Alpens, at a recorded elevation of approximately 860 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

In the municipal area there are ruins of a fortress which dates to the year 1109, the fortress of Freixenet. It is one of the places catalogued by the government as sites of Spanish cultural heritage. There is also the 10th-century church of Sant Pere de Serrallonga.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 13.8 square kilometres for Alpens municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

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

The audited municipality record contains 9 additional named-place records for Alpens municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 08004 and keeps the province label Barcelona. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

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

The latest imported INE population for Alpens municipality is 270, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Alpens municipality, recorded population changed by -8.2%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Alpens municipality is €19,367 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 46.4 years for Alpens 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 8.1% for Alpens municipality, in period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Alpens municipality, the lowest population value is 261 residents in 2019.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 17.6% for Cataluña in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Cataluña begins at 16.8% 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 Cataluña, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 17.6% in 2026Q2.

Within the same displayed series for Cataluña, the lowest regional foreign-buyer share value is 15.1% in 2025Q3.

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

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

The displayed series for Alpens municipality begins at 2 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Dirección General del Catastro records 230 buildings for Alpens municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 222 dwellings for Alpens 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 1,837 for Alpens municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 122 buildings, or 59.5% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 222 dwellings across 230 buildings for Alpens municipality, or approximately 0.97 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1970–1989 band contains 38 recorded buildings for Alpens municipality, representing 18.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 31 recorded buildings for Alpens municipality, representing 15.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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