Burela, Lugo property and area FAQs

Burela is a municipality in the Galician province of Lugo. It is in the comarca of A Mariña Central. Burela is a coastal town on the shores of the Cantabrian Sea. An extension area of 8.2 square kilometers was created in 1994, following the segregation of the municipality of Cervo. Its economy is based mainly on fishing, in particular, albacore ("bonito del norte") and hake are delivered daily to the rest of Spain. As a result, a canning industry has developed.

Burela’s current IGN settlement record contains 1 official population nucleus. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Burela, at a recorded elevation of approximately 13 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

Due to the high demand for personnel to work at sea, Burela is a multicultural town which has many residents from Cape Verde and has recently had an influx of immigrants from Peru, Indonesia, and other places. The population grew considerably in the latter part of the twentieth century.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 8.2 square kilometres for Burela municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Burela is an official municipality in Lugo province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

The official municipality context used for Burela has INE code 27902. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 25 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 1 official population nucleus for Burela municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

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

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 27902 and keeps the province label Lugo. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The latest imported INE population for Burela municipality is 9,443, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Burela municipality, recorded population changed by 0.7%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Burela municipality is €14,357 net income per person, for period 2023.

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

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

The latest imported INE figure is 2.40 people per household for Burela municipality, for period 2023.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 12.8% for Burela municipality, in period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Burela municipality changed by 0.7%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The displayed series for Burela municipality begins at 9,377 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

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 Burela municipality records €815 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 4.1% for Galicia in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

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.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Galicia, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 4.1% in 2026Q2.

Within the same displayed series for Burela municipality, the lowest quarterly transaction count value is 18 transactions in 2026Q2.

Within the same displayed series for Galicia, the lowest regional house-price index value is 90.2 index points in 2024Q3.

The price-informed transactions in the Notariado snapshot have an average recorded surface of 117 m² for Burela municipality.

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

At the latest displayed point, the INE house-price index for Galicia changed by 12.9% year on year. The value describes the region, not an individual municipality or property.

Within the 12 displayed observations for Burela municipality, the highest quarterly transaction count value is 46 transactions in 2024Q2.

Dirección General del Catastro records 1,582 buildings for Burela municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 5,491 dwellings for Burela 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 1,971 for Burela municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 1 energy certificates for Burela municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 2010 onward band contains 70 recorded buildings for Burela municipality, representing 4.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 298 recorded buildings for Burela municipality, representing 19.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 230 recorded buildings for Burela municipality, representing 14.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 548 buildings, or 34.9% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 424 recorded buildings for Burela municipality, representing 27.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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