Alquife, Granada property and area FAQs

Alquife is a town located in the province of Granada, Spain. It is famous due to its iron mines that since Ancient Roman times gave prosperity to the area. In February 1997, Compañía Andaluza de Minas fired its 264 workers and closed the operation. Along with the mines, the mining community of Alquife was built. It is currently abandoned, though there are plans to reopen the mines as at August 2020.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 5 official population nuclei for Alquife. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-17. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Alquife, at a recorded elevation of approximately 1,191 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Virgen de Begoña (76 residents in the cited settlement record), San Hermenegildo (44 residents in the cited settlement record), San Antonio (41 residents in the cited settlement record), and Minas del Marquesado (4 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 12.0 square kilometres for Alquife municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 1,195 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 5 official population nuclei for Alquife municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

Alquife 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.

Dividing the INE population of 545 by the recorded municipal area of 12.0 km² gives approximately 45.4 residents per km² for Alquife municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

Alquife is in Granada province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

The latest imported INE population for Alquife municipality is 545, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Alquife municipality, recorded population changed by -21.9%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Alquife municipality is €13,624 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 52.1 years for Alquife municipality, for period 2023.

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

The latest imported INE figure is 2.10 people per household for Alquife municipality, for period 2023.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 3.8% for Alquife municipality, in period 2023.

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 foreign-buyer share value is 12.5% in 2025Q4.

Within the same displayed series for Alquife municipality, the lowest quarterly transaction count value is 0 transactions in 2024Q3.

The displayed series for Andalucía begins at 90.6 index points in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The displayed Registradores series for Granada changed by 9.1% year on year at its latest point. This is a historical aggregate trend, not a forecast for Alquife.

Dirección General del Catastro records 781 buildings for Alquife municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 626 dwellings for Alquife 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 1,954 for Alquife municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 33 energy certificates for Alquife municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The Catastro extract records 626 dwellings across 781 buildings for Alquife municipality, or approximately 0.80 dwellings per recorded building.

The 2010 onward band contains 14 recorded buildings for Alquife municipality, representing 1.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 327 recorded buildings for Alquife municipality, representing 42.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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