Cardona, Barcelona property and area FAQs

Cardona is a town in the Spanish region of Catalonia, in the province of Barcelona; about 90 km (56 mi) northwest of the city of Barcelona, on a hill almost surrounded by the river Cardener, a branch of the Llobregat. To the east of the town, the river has been diverted through a tunnel has been dug through a spur, leaving a loop of dry river bed near the saltmine.

Cardona’s current IGN settlement record contains 2 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-12-03. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Cardona, at a recorded elevation of approximately 493 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include La Coromina (462 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.

Near the town is an extensive deposit of rock salt. The salt forms a mountain mass (called Muntanya de Sal) covered by a thick bed of a reddish-brown clay, and apparently resting on a yellowish-grey sandstone. It is generally more or less translucent, and large masses of it are quite transparent. The hill has been worked like a mine since Roman times; pieces cut from it have been carved by artists in Cardona into images, crucifixes and many articles of an ornamental kind.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 66.7 square kilometres for Cardona municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

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

The official municipality context used for Cardona has INE code 08047. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 507 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The audited municipality record contains 51 additional named-place records for Cardona municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The latest imported INE population for Cardona municipality is 4,539, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Cardona municipality, recorded population changed by -4.1%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Cardona municipality is €15,730 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 47.7 years for Cardona municipality, for period 2023.

INE records 29.0% of residents aged 65 or over for Cardona 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.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 7.9% for Cardona municipality, in period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Cardona municipality records €511 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 17.6% for Cataluña in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Cataluña begins at 16.8% 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 Cataluña, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 17.6% in 2026Q2.

Within the same displayed series for Cataluña, the lowest regional house-price index value is 91.2 index points in 2024Q3.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Cardona municipality is 9 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional foreign-buyer share value for Cataluña changed by 5.0%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Dirección General del Catastro records 1,700 buildings for Cardona municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 2,066 dwellings for Cardona 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 1,940 for Cardona municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 726 buildings, or 43.0% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 232 recorded buildings for Cardona municipality, representing 13.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 2,066 dwellings across 1,700 buildings for Cardona municipality, or approximately 1.22 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1970–1989 band contains 530 recorded buildings for Cardona municipality, representing 31.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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