Breña Baja, Santa Cruz de Tenerife property and area FAQs

Breña Baja (Spanish for Lower Breña) is a municipality on the eastern side of the island of La Palma, in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. The ayuntamiento (municipal office) is in the town of San José with an elevation of 300 m. Until the 17th century, the area was known as Breña, but was then divided into Breña Alta and Breña Baja.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 8 official population nuclei for Breña Baja. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is San José, at a recorded elevation of approximately 299 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include San Antonio (1,899 residents in the cited settlement record), La Polvacera (862 residents in the cited settlement record), Los Cancajos (786 residents in the cited settlement record), El Socorro (393 residents in the cited settlement record), and Las Ledas (358 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.

La Palma's second largest resort, Los Cancajos, is on the coast. Part of La Palma Airport (formerly Mazo Airport) is located in the municipality.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 14.2 square kilometres for Breña Baja municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Breña Baja is in Santa Cruz de Tenerife province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

Dividing the INE population of 6,056 by the recorded municipal area of 14.2 km² gives approximately 426.5 residents per km² for Breña Baja municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

Breña Baja 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.

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

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 8 official population nuclei for Breña Baja municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

The latest imported INE population for Breña Baja municipality is 6,056, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Breña Baja municipality, recorded population changed by 13.9%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Breña Baja municipality is €16,662 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 44.2 years for Breña Baja municipality, for 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.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Breña Baja municipality changed by 13.9%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.60 people per household for Breña Baja municipality, for period 2023.

The displayed series for Breña Baja municipality begins at 5,316 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the same displayed series for Breña Baja municipality, the lowest population value is 5,292 residents in 2016.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Breña Baja municipality is 5,678 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Breña Baja municipality records €1,277 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

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.

The displayed series for Santa Cruz de Tenerife province begins at €2,399 per m² in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

From 2023Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed quarterly transaction count value for Breña Baja municipality changed by 0.0%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

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.

Colegio de Registradores reports €2,807 per square metre for Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 2026Q2. The comparison retains its published province scope.

Within the same displayed series for Santa Cruz de Tenerife province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €2,399 per m² in 2024Q3.

The displayed Registradores series for Santa Cruz de Tenerife changed by 5.0% year on year at its latest point. This is a historical aggregate trend, not a forecast for Breña Baja.

Dirección General del Catastro records 1,801 buildings for Breña Baja municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 3,204 dwellings for Breña Baja 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 1,972 for Breña Baja municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 661 energy certificates for Breña Baja municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 1990–2009 band contains 552 recorded buildings for Breña Baja municipality, representing 30.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 276 recorded buildings for Breña Baja municipality, representing 15.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Breña Baja municipality, 7.1% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The 1970–1989 band contains 517 recorded buildings for Breña Baja municipality, representing 29.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 73 recorded buildings for Breña Baja municipality, representing 4.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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