Árchez, Málaga property and area FAQs

Árchez is a small village in the province of Málaga, in southern Spain. The village is situated approximately 21 kilometres from Vélez Málaga.

For Árchez, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 1 official population nucleus. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Árchez, at a recorded elevation of approximately 421 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

Archez is located in a valley im the foothills of the Sierra Almijara. The River Turvilla runs through the village.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 5.0 square kilometres for Árchez municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Árchez 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 416 by the recorded municipal area of 5.0 km² gives approximately 83.2 residents per km² for Árchez municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The official municipality context used for Árchez has INE code 29016. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 36.8388, -3.9905. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The latest imported INE population for Árchez municipality is 416, for period 2023.

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

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Árchez municipality is €11,171 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 49.8 years for Árchez 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 displayed series for Árchez municipality begins at 421 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

INE records 27.2% of residents aged 65 or over for Árchez municipality, in period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Árchez municipality records €942 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.

The latest Registradores province average is €338,816 in 2026Q2 for Málaga. It remains labelled as province-level evidence.

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

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

Dirección General del Catastro records 581 buildings for Árchez municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 313 dwellings for Árchez 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 1,970 for Árchez municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 76 energy certificates for Árchez municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 1990–2009 band contains 194 recorded buildings for Árchez municipality, representing 33.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 12 recorded buildings for Árchez municipality, representing 2.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 63 recorded buildings for Árchez municipality, representing 10.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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