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Cangas, Pontevedra property and area FAQs
Cangas, also known as Cangas do Morrazo, is a seaside resort in southwestern Galicia, Spain. It is both a town and municipality in the province of Pontevedra. Cangas is an official municipality of Pontevedra province, identified by INE code 36008. The linked structured record provides a recorded municipal area of 38.1 square kilometres and a reference coordinate of 42.2779, -8.7898. The coordinate is a municipal reference point, not a property, parcel boundary or radius from which local claims are inferred.
Place and geography
What is Cangas like?
Cangas, also known as Cangas do Morrazo, is a seaside resort in southwestern Galicia, Spain. It is both a town and municipality in the province of Pontevedra.
How is Cangas organised into official settlements?
Cangas’ current IGN settlement record contains 28 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-12-04. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Cangas, at a recorded elevation of approximately 15 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include O Forte (1,804 residents in the cited settlement record), O Espírito Santo (1,667 residents in the cited settlement record), San Roque Do Monte (1,559 residents in the cited settlement record), Cima de Vila (1,305 residents in the cited settlement record), and Balea (1,005 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 is the recorded municipal area for Cangas?
The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 38.1 square kilometres for Cangas municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.
What elevation is recorded for Cangas?
The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 9 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.
What geographic scope do the facts for Cangas use?
The stated official-data scope is Cangas municipality. Current NLS listings use the property-search area itself, while official market and demographic measures keep their own published geography visible.
How many residents per square kilometre do the cited Cangas figures imply?
Dividing the INE population of 26,664 by the recorded municipal area of 38.1 km² gives approximately 699.8 residents per km² for Cangas municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.
Is Cangas an official municipality or a property-search area?
Cangas 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.
Which province is Cangas in?
Cangas is shown within Pontevedra province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.
What reference coordinate is recorded for Cangas?
The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 42.2779, -8.7898. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.
Does Cangas have a linked official website?
Yes. The structured municipality record includes an official website field. NLS treats that as identity context and not as property-market evidence.
Where is Cangas?
Cangas is an official municipality in Pontevedra province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.
How does NLS avoid mixing Cangas with similarly named places?
NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 36008 and keeps the province label Pontevedra. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.
What is the official INE code used for Cangas?
The official municipality context used for Cangas has INE code 36008. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.
People and households
What is the latest official population shown for Cangas?
The latest imported INE population for Cangas municipality is 26,664, for period 2023.
How has the recorded population changed in Cangas?
Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Cangas municipality, recorded population changed by 0.7%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.
What net income per person is recorded for Cangas?
The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Cangas municipality is €14,034 net income per person, for period 2023.
What is the recorded average age in Cangas?
INE records an average age of 46.4 years for Cangas municipality, for period 2023.
What share of residents in Cangas is aged 65 or over?
INE records 23.1% of residents aged 65 or over for Cangas municipality, in period 2023.
How has the published population series moved across the displayed span for Cangas?
From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Cangas municipality changed by 0.7%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.
What is the highest displayed population point relevant to Cangas?
Within the 9 displayed observations for Cangas municipality, the highest population value is 26,791 residents in 2021.
When is the minimum in the current population series for Cangas?
Within the same displayed series for Cangas municipality, the lowest population value is 26,428 residents in 2016.
What period does the population figure for Cangas 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.
What is the average household size in Cangas?
The latest imported INE figure is 2.50 people per household for Cangas municipality, for period 2023.
Across the shown periods, what does the population series average for Cangas?
The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Cangas municipality is 26,596 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.
Where does the published population series for Cangas begin?
The displayed series for Cangas municipality begins at 26,482 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.
What share of residents in Cangas is recorded as non-Spanish?
The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 3.0% for Cangas municipality, in period 2023.
Property market evidence
What is the latest official sold-price snapshot for Cangas?
The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Cangas municipality records €2,016 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.
What foreign-buyer share is shown for the wider Cangas market?
Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 4.1% for Galicia in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.
Where does the published regional foreign-buyer share series for Cangas begin?
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 Cangas?
Within the 8 displayed observations for Galicia, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 4.1% in 2026Q2.
What average property surface is reported for completed sales in Cangas?
The price-informed transactions in the Notariado snapshot have an average recorded surface of 99 m² for Cangas municipality.
What is the highest displayed registered sale-price benchmark point relevant to Cangas?
Within the 8 displayed observations for Pontevedra province, the highest registered sale-price benchmark value is €1,997 per m² in 2026Q2.
What change separates the first and latest displayed regional foreign-buyer share values for Cangas?
From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional foreign-buyer share value for Galicia changed by 82.6%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.
How extensive is the current regional house-price index series used for Cangas?
The page uses 8 published observations for Galicia, running from 2024Q3 to 2026Q2.
How large is the price-informed Notariado sample for Cangas?
The published price measures use 220 price-informed sales from 240 total recorded transactions for Cangas municipality.
What province-level average sale price is shown for Cangas?
The latest Registradores province average is €186,559 in 2026Q2 for Pontevedra. It remains labelled as province-level evidence.
When was the completed-sale snapshot for Cangas fetched?
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.
What is the arithmetic average across the displayed quarterly transaction count points for Cangas?
The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Cangas municipality is 58 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.
Where does the published regional house-price index series for Cangas begin?
The displayed series for Galicia begins at 90.2 index points in 2024Q3. 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 Cangas?
Dirección General del Catastro records 10,054 buildings for Cangas municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.
How many dwellings are recorded for Cangas?
The current Catastro building extract records 15,451 dwellings for Cangas municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.
What is the average recorded build year in Cangas?
Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,970 for Cangas municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.
Which building-age band is largest in Cangas?
The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 3,413 buildings, or 34.0% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.
How much of the recorded Cangas building stock falls in the 2010 onward band?
The 2010 onward band contains 636 recorded buildings for Cangas municipality, representing 6.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
How prominent is the 1990–2009 construction band in Cangas?
The 1990–2009 band contains 2,224 recorded buildings for Cangas municipality, representing 22.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
What share of cadastral buildings in Cangas is labelled Before 1950?
The Before 1950 band contains 1,877 recorded buildings for Cangas municipality, representing 18.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
What share of cadastral buildings in Cangas is labelled 1950–1969?
The 1950–1969 band contains 1,885 recorded buildings for Cangas municipality, representing 18.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
What share of cadastral buildings in Cangas is labelled 1970–1989?
The 1970–1989 band contains 3,413 recorded buildings for Cangas municipality, representing 34.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
How do recorded dwellings compare with cadastral buildings in Cangas?
The Catastro extract records 15,451 dwellings across 10,054 buildings for Cangas municipality, or approximately 1.54 dwellings per recorded building.
Current property inventory
How many properties are currently listed in Cangas on NLS?
The current eligible public inventory contains 0 listings for Cangas. 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.