Balmaseda, Bizkaia property and area FAQs

Balmaseda is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country. Balmaseda is the capital city of the comarca of Enkarterri, in western Biscay and plays an important role in the province due to its proximity to the capital city of Bilbao and the regions of Cantabria and Castile and León.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 2 official population nuclei for Balmaseda. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Balmaseda, at a recorded elevation of approximately 149 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Pandozales (34 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 22.3 square kilometres for Balmaseda municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 146 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 48090 and keeps the province label Bizkaia. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 43.1914, -3.1936. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The official municipality context used for Balmaseda has INE code 48090. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The audited municipality record contains 43 additional named-place records for Balmaseda municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

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

Balmaseda 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.

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

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 2 official population nuclei for Balmaseda municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

Dividing the INE population of 7,563 by the recorded municipal area of 22.3 km² gives approximately 339.1 residents per km² for Balmaseda municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The latest imported INE population for Balmaseda municipality is 7,563, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Balmaseda municipality, recorded population changed by -0.8%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Balmaseda municipality is €15,518 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 45.9 years for Balmaseda municipality, for period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Balmaseda municipality, the lowest population value is 7,535 residents in 2022.

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

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 9.2% for Balmaseda municipality, in period 2023.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.40 people per household for Balmaseda 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 Balmaseda municipality begins at 7,623 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Balmaseda municipality is 7,589 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Balmaseda municipality, the highest population value is 7,654 residents in 2016.

INE records 23.6% of residents aged 65 or over for Balmaseda municipality, in period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Balmaseda municipality records €1,490 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 4.7% for País Vasco in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for País Vasco begins at 3.8% 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 País Vasco, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 4.7% in 2026Q2.

At the latest displayed point, the INE house-price index for País Vasco changed by 10.0% year on year. The value describes the region, not an individual municipality or property.

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

Within the 8 displayed observations for Bizkaia province, the highest registered sale-price benchmark value is €3,375 per m² in 2026Q2.

Within the same displayed series for País Vasco, the lowest regional house-price index value is 91.0 index points in 2024Q3.

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

The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €157,395 for Balmaseda municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.

The displayed series for País Vasco begins at 91.0 index points in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

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

The price-informed transactions in the Notariado snapshot have an average recorded surface of 106 m² for Balmaseda municipality.

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