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Boiro, A Coruña property and area FAQs
Boiro is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is located in the comarca of Barbanza. Boiro has an area of 86.58 km2. Boiro was where the controversial assisted suicide of quadriplegic Ramón Sampedro took place. The town was later used as a setting for the 2004 film Mar Adentro, chronicling Sampedro's later life.
Place and geography
What is Boiro like?
Boiro is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is located in the comarca of Barbanza. Boiro has an area of 86.58 km2.
How many settlement centres are recorded around Boiro?
Boiro’s current IGN settlement record contains 76 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-28. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Boiro de Arriba, at a recorded elevation of approximately 25 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include A Pesqueira (1,215 residents in the cited settlement record), Escarabote (600 residents in the cited settlement record), Escarabotiño (560 residents in the cited settlement record), A Madanela (331 residents in the cited settlement record), and A Igrexa (324 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.
What else is documented about Boiro?
Boiro was where the controversial assisted suicide of quadriplegic Ramón Sampedro took place. The town was later used as a setting for the 2004 film Mar Adentro, chronicling Sampedro's later life.
What is the recorded municipal area for Boiro?
The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 86.0 square kilometres for Boiro municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.
What is the approximate municipal population density for Boiro?
Dividing the INE population of 18,966 by the recorded municipal area of 86.0 km² gives approximately 220.5 residents per km² for Boiro municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.
What is the official INE code used for Boiro?
The official municipality context used for Boiro has INE code 15011. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.
What does the sourced record show about named places within Boiro?
The audited municipality record contains 62 additional named-place records for Boiro municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.
How many official population nuclei are recorded for Boiro?
The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 76 official population nuclei for Boiro municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.
What reference coordinate is recorded for Boiro?
The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 42.6500, -8.8833. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.
How does NLS avoid mixing Boiro with similarly named places?
NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 15011 and keeps the province label A Coruña. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.
People and households
What is the latest official population shown for Boiro?
The latest imported INE population for Boiro municipality is 18,966, for period 2023.
How has the recorded population changed in Boiro?
Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Boiro municipality, recorded population changed by 0.6%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.
What net income per person is recorded for Boiro?
The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Boiro municipality is €13,341 net income per person, for period 2023.
What is the recorded average age in Boiro?
INE records an average age of 46.0 years for Boiro municipality, for period 2023.
What period span does the displayed population evidence cover for Boiro?
The page uses 9 published observations for Boiro municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.
What is the average household size in Boiro?
The latest imported INE figure is 2.50 people per household for Boiro municipality, for period 2023.
What share of residents in Boiro is aged 65 or over?
INE records 23.2% of residents aged 65 or over for Boiro municipality, in period 2023.
Across the shown periods, what does the population series average for Boiro?
The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Boiro municipality is 18,871 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.
What period does the population figure for Boiro cover?
The population figure uses INE period 2023. The page shows the period beside the value so it is not mistaken for a live counter.
Which published period has the smallest population value for Boiro?
Within the same displayed series for Boiro municipality, the lowest population value is 18,795 residents in 2018.
Property market evidence
What is the latest official sold-price snapshot for Boiro?
The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Boiro municipality records €935 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.
What foreign-buyer share is shown for the wider Boiro market?
Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 4.1% for Galicia in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.
What is the earliest displayed Boiro regional foreign-buyer share observation?
The displayed series for Galicia begins at 2.2% in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.
What is the highest displayed regional foreign-buyer share point relevant to Boiro?
Within the 8 displayed observations for Galicia, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 4.1% in 2026Q2.
When is the minimum in the current regional house-price index series for Boiro?
Within the same displayed series for Galicia, the lowest regional house-price index value is 90.2 index points in 2024Q3.
How extensive is the current regional house-price index series used for Boiro?
The page uses 8 published observations for Galicia, running from 2024Q3 to 2026Q2.
Across the shown periods, what does the registered sale-price benchmark series average for Boiro?
The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed registered sale-price benchmark observations for A Coruña province is €1,616 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.
How large is the price-informed Notariado sample for Boiro?
The published price measures use 212 price-informed sales from 238 total recorded transactions for Boiro municipality.
What is the recorded average completed sale price in Boiro?
The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €114,338 for Boiro municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.
What does the first available quarterly transaction count point show for Boiro?
The displayed series for Boiro municipality begins at 40 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.
Housing stock and registrations
How many cadastral buildings are recorded for Boiro?
Dirección General del Catastro records 7,373 buildings for Boiro municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.
How many dwellings are recorded for Boiro?
The current Catastro building extract records 11,579 dwellings for Boiro municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.
What is the average recorded build year in Boiro?
Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,967 for Boiro municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.
Which building-age band is largest in Boiro?
The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 2,320 buildings, or 31.7% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.
What share of cadastral buildings in Boiro is labelled 1950–1969?
The 1950–1969 band contains 1,325 recorded buildings for Boiro municipality, representing 18.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
What dwelling-to-building ratio is recorded for Boiro?
The Catastro extract records 11,579 dwellings across 7,373 buildings for Boiro municipality, or approximately 1.57 dwellings per recorded building.
How much of the recorded Boiro building stock falls in the 1970–1989 band?
The 1970–1989 band contains 2,320 recorded buildings for Boiro municipality, representing 31.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
How prominent is the 2010 onward construction band in Boiro?
The 2010 onward band contains 502 recorded buildings for Boiro municipality, representing 6.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
What share of cadastral buildings in Boiro is labelled Before 1950?
The Before 1950 band contains 1,684 recorded buildings for Boiro municipality, representing 23.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
Current property inventory
How many properties are currently listed in Boiro on NLS?
The current eligible public inventory contains 0 listings for Boiro. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.
How to read these answers
Current listings and asking prices can change. Institutional figures update on their own publication cycles and may use municipality, province or autonomous-community scope. Compare unlike measures only after checking their stated geography and period. This page is market context, not a valuation, forecast, legal opinion or investment recommendation.