Balaguer, Lleida property and area FAQs

Balaguer is the capital of the comarca of Noguera, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It is located by the river Segre, a tributary to the Ebro. The municipality includes an exclave to the east. Balaguer also has a sister city in the western United States, Pacifica, California.

For Balaguer, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 1 official population nucleus. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-28. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Balaguer, at a recorded elevation of approximately 218 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

Balaguer was conquered from the Moors by Ermengol VI of Urgell in 1106; he made it his new capital, and it remained so for subsequent counts of Urgell.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 57.3 square kilometres for Balaguer municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 25040 and keeps the province label Lleida. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

Balaguer 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 current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 1 official population nucleus for Balaguer municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 233 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Dividing the INE population of 17,436 by the recorded municipal area of 57.3 km² gives approximately 304.3 residents per km² for Balaguer municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The audited municipality record contains 28 additional named-place records for Balaguer municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The latest imported INE population for Balaguer municipality is 17,436, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Balaguer municipality, recorded population changed by 6.9%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Balaguer municipality is €12,883 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 41.8 years for Balaguer municipality, for period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Balaguer municipality, the lowest population value is 16,318 residents in 2015.

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

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Balaguer municipality is 16,937 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.70 people per household for Balaguer municipality, for period 2023.

The displayed series for Balaguer municipality begins at 16,318 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 24.5% for Balaguer municipality, in period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Balaguer municipality records €780 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

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.

The displayed series for Lleida province begins at €1,340 per m² in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The page displays 12 quarterly MITMA observations for Balaguer municipality, up to the latest published period in the chart.

Within the same displayed series for Lleida province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €1,329 per m² in 2024Q4.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional house-price index value for Cataluña changed by 19.5%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

From 2023Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed quarterly transaction count value for Balaguer municipality changed by 27.9%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The latest Registradores average is €149,426 in 2026Q2 for Lleida. It remains labelled as province evidence.

Dirección General del Catastro records 3,244 buildings for Balaguer municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 8,006 dwellings for Balaguer 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 1,962 for Balaguer municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1950–1969, with 1,031 buildings, or 31.9% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 716 recorded buildings for Balaguer municipality, representing 22.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 89 recorded buildings for Balaguer municipality, representing 2.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 662 recorded buildings for Balaguer municipality, representing 20.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 8,006 dwellings across 3,244 buildings for Balaguer municipality, or approximately 2.47 dwellings per recorded building.

The Before 1950 band contains 731 recorded buildings for Balaguer municipality, representing 22.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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