Castellar del Riu, Barcelona property and area FAQs

Castellar del Riu is a municipality in the comarca of Berguedà, Catalonia, northern Spain. The municipal government is located at Llinars, which is not a village but just a few municipal buildings including a small sports centre.

Castellar del Riu’s current IGN settlement record contains 2 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-12-03. No entry in the current extract is explicitly marked as the municipal capital, so this guide does not infer one. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Espinalbet (122 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.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 32.7 square kilometres for Castellar del Riu municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 920 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

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

Castellar del Riu is in Barcelona province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

The official municipality context used for Castellar del Riu has INE code 08050. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

Dividing the INE population of 163 by the recorded municipal area of 32.7 km² gives approximately 5.0 residents per km² for Castellar del Riu municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The latest imported INE population for Castellar del Riu municipality is 163, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Castellar del Riu municipality, recorded population changed by -7.4%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Castellar del Riu municipality is €16,771 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 42.2 years for Castellar del Riu municipality, for period 2023.

The page uses 9 published observations for Castellar del Riu municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Castellar del Riu municipality, the lowest population value is 163 residents in 2023.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.50 people per household for Castellar del Riu municipality, for period 2023.

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 foreign-buyer share value is 15.1% in 2025Q3.

At the latest displayed point, the INE house-price index for Cataluña changed by 10.1% year on year. The value describes the region, not an individual municipality or property.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Castellar del Riu municipality is 0 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Barcelona province, the highest registered sale-price benchmark value is €3,234 per m² in 2026Q2.

Dirección General del Catastro records 140 buildings for Castellar del Riu municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 110 dwellings for Castellar del Riu 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 1,927 for Castellar del Riu municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 51 buildings, or 38.6% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 8 recorded buildings for Castellar del Riu municipality, representing 6.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 14 recorded buildings for Castellar del Riu municipality, representing 10.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 16 recorded buildings for Castellar del Riu municipality, representing 12.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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