Arrecife, Las Palmas property and area FAQs

Arrecife is the capital city and a municipality of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Spain. It was made the island's capital in 1852. The city owes its name to the rock reef ("arrecife" being Spanish for "reef") which covers its local beach. It also gives its name to the nearby Arrecife Airport. Its area is 22.72 square kilometres (8.77 sq mi).

For Arrecife, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 6 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Arrecife, at a recorded elevation of approximately 3 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Argana Alta (10,602 residents in the cited settlement record), Maneje (2,996 residents in the cited settlement record), Argana Baja (1,788 residents in the cited settlement record), El Cable (701 residents in the cited settlement record), and La Concha (664 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.

Arrecife is located south of Teguise and east of San Bartolomé, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to its southeast. It is a port town, served by ferries to the other Canary Islands, Europe, and Africa. The LZ1 road connects Arrecife to the northeast of the island, the LZ2 road connects it to the southwest, and the LZ3 road serves as the city's beltway. The tallest building in Lanzarote is the Arrecife Gran Hotel, which is located on the seafront alongside the harbour.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 22.7 square kilometres for Arrecife municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 6 official population nuclei for Arrecife municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

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

The audited municipality record contains 12 additional named-place records for Arrecife municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

Yes. The structured municipality record includes an official website field. NLS treats that as identity context and not as property-market evidence.

Arrecife is in Las Palmas province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 28.9625, -13.5506. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 20 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 35004 and keeps the province label Las Palmas. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

Arrecife is an official municipality in Las Palmas province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

The latest imported INE population for Arrecife municipality is 66,693, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Arrecife municipality, recorded population changed by 15.3%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Arrecife municipality is €12,079 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 39.9 years for Arrecife municipality, for period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Arrecife municipality, the lowest population value is 57,859 residents in 2015.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.90 people per household for Arrecife municipality, for period 2023.

The page uses 9 published observations for Arrecife municipality, running from 2015 to 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 Arrecife municipality is 62,220 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Arrecife municipality changed by 15.3%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Arrecife municipality, the highest population value is 66,693 residents in 2023.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 20.9% for Arrecife municipality, in period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Arrecife municipality records €1,719 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €1,947 per square metre for Arrecife municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Arrecife municipality begins at €1,310 per m² in 2023Q2. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 12 displayed observations for Arrecife municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €1,947 per m² in 2026Q1.

The displayed series for Arrecife municipality begins at 125 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €153,927 for Arrecife municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.

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

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional house-price index observations for Canarias is 100.0 index points. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The published price measures use 574 price-informed sales from 645 total recorded transactions for Arrecife municipality.

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

INE reports a house-price index of 110.4 for Canarias in 2026Q2. An index is not a euro price per square metre.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 29.3% for Canarias in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

Dirección General del Catastro records 10,324 buildings for Arrecife municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 24,442 dwellings for Arrecife 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 1,982 for Arrecife municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 4,458 energy certificates for Arrecife municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 2010 onward band contains 253 recorded buildings for Arrecife municipality, representing 2.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 517 recorded buildings for Arrecife municipality, representing 5.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 1,639 recorded buildings for Arrecife municipality, representing 15.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 24,442 dwellings across 10,324 buildings for Arrecife municipality, or approximately 2.37 dwellings per recorded building.

Among the imported certificates for Arrecife municipality, 10.3% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 4,334 buildings, or 42.2% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 3,539 recorded buildings for Arrecife municipality, representing 34.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 4,334 recorded buildings for Arrecife municipality, representing 42.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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