Balsareny, Barcelona property and area FAQs

Balsareny is a municipality in the North of the comarca of Bages in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the river Llobregat, with its typical forests of Aleppo pines. It is connected by road (BP-4313) with Súria and Avinyó.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 6 official population nuclei for Balsareny. The imported source records are dated through 2025-12-03. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Balsareny, at a recorded elevation of approximately 312 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Nosa (242 residents in the cited settlement record), Cal Rata (33 residents in the cited settlement record), Vilafruns (30 residents in the cited settlement record), and La Rabeia (5 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 name is thought to be derived from the Catalan words balç (escarpment) and areny (sand); the castle and the village have their origins on an escarpment in a sandy plane. The first written mention of the settlement (as pago bazarenensi) dates from 966.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 36.9 square kilometres for Balsareny municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

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

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 08018 and keeps the province label Barcelona. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 41.8658, 1.8769. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The audited municipality record contains 18 additional named-place records for Balsareny municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The latest imported INE population for Balsareny municipality is 3,286, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Balsareny municipality, recorded population changed by 1.0%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Balsareny municipality is €15,813 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 46.3 years for Balsareny municipality, for period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Balsareny municipality, the lowest population value is 3,137 residents in 2018.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Balsareny municipality changed by 1.0%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

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

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Balsareny municipality records €994 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 Balsareny municipality begins at 13 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Balsareny municipality is 15 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

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.

Dirección General del Catastro records 1,259 buildings for Balsareny municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 1,589 dwellings for Balsareny 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 Balsareny municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 311 buildings, or 24.9% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 293 recorded buildings for Balsareny municipality, representing 23.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 44 recorded buildings for Balsareny municipality, representing 3.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 297 recorded buildings for Balsareny municipality, representing 23.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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