Betancuria, Las Palmas property and area FAQs

Betancuria is a small town and a municipality in the western part of the island of Fuerteventura in the Province of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. It is situated in a mountainous region, 4 km (2 mi) west of Antigua and 21 km (13 mi) southwest of the island capital Puerto del Rosario. By population it is the smallest municipality in Fuerteventura as well as all of the Canary Islands. Betancuria is named after Jean de Béthencourt, who founded the town in 1404 with Gadifer de La Salle. It was the original capital of the Kingdom of the Canary Islands, and later capital of Fuerteventura.

For Betancuria, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 3 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Betancuria, at a recorded elevation of approximately 405 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Valle de Santa Inés (232 residents in the cited settlement record) and Vega de Río Palmas (150 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.

In 1424 Pope Martin V erected in Betancuria brief Bishopric of Fuerteventura, which encompassed all the Canary Islands except the island of Lanzarote. The origin of this bishopric is directly related to the events that occurred after the Great Schism (1378-1417). This was because the bishop of San Marcial del Rubicón in Lanzarote (only diocese at the time of the Canary Islands) did not recognize the papacy of Martin V, as this bishop was a supporter of anti-Pope Benedict XIII. The Bishopric of Fuerteventura was based in Parish of Santa María de Betancuria, for it to rank high cathedral. After the reintegration of the Diocese of San Marcial del Rubicón in the papacy of Martin V, the Bishopric of Fuerteventura was abolished only seven years after it was created in 1431. It was razed by pirates in 1593, but remained capital of Fuerteventura until 1834, when Antigua became capital. In Vega de Rio Palmas is the hermitage of the Virgen de la Peña, the patron saint of the island of Fuerteventura.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 103.6 square kilometres for Betancuria municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

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

Betancuria is an official municipality in Las Palmas province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 28.4247, -14.0572. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The audited municipality record contains 2 additional named-place records for Betancuria municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The latest imported INE population for Betancuria municipality is 757, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Betancuria municipality, recorded population changed by 20.7%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Betancuria municipality is €15,454 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 45.2 years for Betancuria municipality, for period 2023.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 19.0% for Betancuria municipality, in period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Betancuria municipality changed by 20.7%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

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

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.

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

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional foreign-buyer share observations for Canarias is 25.9%. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional house-price index observations for Canarias is 100.0 index points. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Dirección General del Catastro records 514 buildings for Betancuria municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 263 dwellings for Betancuria 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 1,976 for Betancuria municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 61 energy certificates for Betancuria municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 2010 onward band contains 12 recorded buildings for Betancuria municipality, representing 2.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Betancuria municipality, 16.4% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 213 buildings, or 41.4% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

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