Capileira, Granada property and area FAQs

Capileira is the highest and most northerly of the three villages in the gorge of the Poqueira river in the La Alpujarra district of the province of Granada, in Spain. It is located at latitude 36° 57' N and longitude 3° 21' W, about 1 km north of Bubión. Its altitude is officially recorded as 1436 metres, though there is a considerable altitude difference between the oldest part of the village, which is at the lower, southern end, and the highest part, where tourist-oriented development is currently concentrated. The area of the municipality is 57 km2.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 1 official population nucleus for Capileira. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-17. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Capileira, at a recorded elevation of approximately 1,446 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

Although the Sierra Nevada Highway runs through Capileira and out across the Sierra Nevada towards the city of Granada, motor traffic is no longer permitted to continue across the mountains; Capileira is therefore the highest village that public traffic can reach on the now-closed road in the summer. A track leads northwards from the village to the abandoned settlement of La Cebadilla, built to house the workers who developed the hydro-electric installation at the upper end of the Poqueira Gorge.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 57.0 square kilometres for Capileira municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Dividing the INE population of 578 by the recorded municipal area of 57.0 km² gives approximately 10.1 residents per km² for Capileira municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

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

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 1,436 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The audited municipality record contains 18 additional named-place records for Capileira municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The latest imported INE population for Capileira municipality is 578, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Capileira municipality, recorded population changed by 8.0%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Capileira municipality is €11,223 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 44.1 years for Capileira municipality, for period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Capileira municipality, the lowest population value is 535 residents in 2015.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 11.2% for Capileira municipality, in period 2023.

INE records 18.7% of residents aged 65 or over for Capileira municipality, in period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Capileira municipality records €633 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 latest Registradores province average is €157,140 in 2026Q2 for Granada. It remains labelled as province-level evidence.

The latest displayed MITMA point records 1 housing transactions in 2026Q2 for Capileira municipality.

The published price measures use 7 price-informed sales from 8 total recorded transactions for Capileira municipality. This is a small sample and should be read cautiously.

Dirección General del Catastro records 581 buildings for Capileira municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 556 dwellings for Capileira 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 1,962 for Capileira municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 93 energy certificates for Capileira municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The Before 1950 band contains 235 recorded buildings for Capileira municipality, representing 40.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 93 recorded buildings for Capileira municipality, representing 16.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 149 recorded buildings for Capileira municipality, representing 25.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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