Bérchules, Granada property and area FAQs

Bérchules is a village and municipality in the central Alpujarra, in the province of Granada in Spain. The origins of the village are Arab. There are two villages in the municipality, Bérchules (36° 58' north and 3° 11' east, elevation 1350 metres), and Alcútar (36° 58' north and 3° 11' east, elevation 1250 metres).

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 2 official population nuclei for Bérchules. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-17. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Bérchules, at a recorded elevation of approximately 1,308 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Alcútar (147 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 river Grande de Los Bérchules flows past the village on its course from the Sierra Nevada to the Mediterranean at Motril. En route it becomes renamed Rio "Gualdalfeo" and is the main river in the Alpujarra. Many immigrated to Germany, Switzerland, France, Brazil, Argentina, and to the coastal area of Almería, El Ejido etc.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 69.0 square kilometres for Bérchules municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Bérchules 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 linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 36.9754, -3.1901. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

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

Dividing the INE population of 698 by the recorded municipal area of 69.0 km² gives approximately 10.1 residents per km² for Bérchules municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The latest imported INE population for Bérchules municipality is 698, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Bérchules municipality, recorded population changed by -4.3%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Bérchules municipality is €11,460 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 48.5 years for Bérchules municipality, for period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Bérchules municipality, the lowest population value is 693 residents in 2021.

INE records 24.6% of residents aged 65 or over for Bérchules municipality, in 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 current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Bérchules municipality records €369 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 16.0% for Andalucía in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Andalucía begins at 14.3% 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 Andalucía, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 16.0% in 2026Q2.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Bérchules municipality is 5 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

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

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

Dirección General del Catastro records 974 buildings for Bérchules municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 693 dwellings for Bérchules 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 Bérchules municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 52 energy certificates for Bérchules municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 1970–1989 band contains 134 recorded buildings for Bérchules municipality, representing 13.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 63 recorded buildings for Bérchules municipality, representing 6.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 369 buildings, or 38.2% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

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