Cáñar, Granada property and area FAQs

Cáñar is a small village in the Alpujarras comarca of the province of Granada in Spain. It is located a few kilometres north of the road from Órgiva to Pampaneira and the high Alpujarras. The GR 7 long-distance footpath, following the ancient highway through the Alpujarras, runs through the village.

For Cáñar, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 1 official population nucleus. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-17. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Cáñar, at a recorded elevation of approximately 1,028 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

The area of the municipality is 26 km2., and it is located at a height of 1014 metres above sea level. The village has a few facilities for tourists including a handful of bars, and is of a very traditional Alpujarran character, with former animal stabling integrated into houses that open onto the main street and square. The "patrona" of the village is Santa Ana and the associated fiesta takes place on and around 26 July each year.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 26.0 square kilometres for Cáñar municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Cáñar 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 audited municipality record contains 7 additional named-place records for Cáñar municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

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

The stated official-data scope is Cáñar municipality. Current NLS listings use the property-search area itself, while official market and demographic measures keep their own published geography visible.

The latest imported INE population for Cáñar municipality is 359, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Cáñar municipality, recorded population changed by 8.1%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Cáñar municipality is €9,559 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 47.1 years for Cáñar municipality, for period 2023.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 23.1% for Cáñar 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.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Cáñar municipality, the highest population value is 372 residents in 2022.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Cáñar municipality records €480 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 imported Notariado snapshot states a fetch timestamp of 2026-08-03 21:39:29. It is a current snapshot, not a historical quarterly series.

The displayed Registradores series for Granada province changed by 9.1% year on year at its latest point. This is a province trend, not a forecast for Cáñar.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional house-price index observations for Andalucía is 100.2 index points. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Dirección General del Catastro records 427 buildings for Cáñar municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 334 dwellings for Cáñar 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 1,957 for Cáñar municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 39 energy certificates for Cáñar municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 1950–1969 band contains 60 recorded buildings for Cáñar municipality, representing 14.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 177 recorded buildings for Cáñar municipality, representing 41.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 334 dwellings across 427 buildings for Cáñar municipality, or approximately 0.78 dwellings per recorded building.

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