Barlovento, Santa Cruz de Tenerife property and area FAQs

Barlovento (Spanish for windward) is a municipality in the northern part of the island of La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, and a part of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Barlovento is on the main highway which encircles the island. The land rises steeply from a small coastal plain, to the rim of the Caldera de Taburiente at Pico de la Cruz (2,350m)

For Barlovento, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 19 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Barlovento, at a recorded elevation of approximately 552 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Cuesta Baja (173 residents in the cited settlement record), Lomo Romero (165 residents in the cited settlement record), Lomo Machín Bajo (138 residents in the cited settlement record), Lomo de la Cancela (126 residents in the cited settlement record), and Las Paredes (112 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 majority of the municipality is rural, with the only town being Barlovento, where the ayuntamiento (municipal office) is, at 548m above sea level. Being in the cloudier North East of the island, with a short, rocky, coastline, there is less tourism than other municipalities, although there are a number of casas rurales for rent. There is, however, a large recreation zone and campsite at the Laguna de Barlovento, an artificial reservoir, which is the largest area of freshwater on the island. There are also saltwater bathing pools, the Piscina Fajana, with a restaurant and other facilities at Punta del Corcho, near the Faro de Punta Complida lighthouse, at the North Eastern point of the island. There are beautiful laurisilva forests in the municipality.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 43.6 square kilometres for Barlovento municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 19 official population nuclei for Barlovento municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

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

The official municipality context used for Barlovento has INE code 38007. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

Barlovento is an official municipality in Santa Cruz de Tenerife province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

The latest imported INE population for Barlovento municipality is 2,052, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Barlovento municipality, recorded population changed by 8.3%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Barlovento municipality is €12,510 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 49.1 years for Barlovento municipality, for period 2023.

INE records 27.4% of residents aged 65 or over for Barlovento municipality, in period 2023.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.50 people per household for Barlovento municipality, for period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Barlovento municipality, the lowest population value is 1,882 residents in 2016.

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

The displayed series for Canarias begins at 27.3% 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 Canarias, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 30.0% in 2025Q2.

Within the same displayed series for Canarias, the lowest regional foreign-buyer share value is 22.8% in 2026Q1.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Santa Cruz de Tenerife province, the highest registered sale-price benchmark value is €2,807 per m² in 2026Q2.

The latest displayed MITMA point records 0 housing transactions in 2026Q2 for Barlovento municipality.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed registered sale-price benchmark observations for Santa Cruz de Tenerife province is €2,651 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Dirección General del Catastro records 1,307 buildings for Barlovento municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 1,144 dwellings for Barlovento 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 1,955 for Barlovento municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 58 energy certificates for Barlovento municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The Before 1950 band contains 482 recorded buildings for Barlovento municipality, representing 37.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 233 recorded buildings for Barlovento municipality, representing 18.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 36 recorded buildings for Barlovento municipality, representing 2.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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