Castro de Rei, Lugo property and area FAQs

Castro de Rei, is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Terra Chá.

For Castro de Rei, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 17 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Castro de Rei, at a recorded elevation of approximately 436 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include O Castro (858 residents in the cited settlement record), Castro de Ribeiras de Lea (428 residents in the cited settlement record), Os Carballás (79 residents in the cited settlement record), A Ponte (72 residents in the cited settlement record), and O Matodoso (69 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 177.0 square kilometres for Castro de Rei municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 444 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 17 official population nuclei for Castro de Rei municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

Castro de Rei is in Lugo province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

Castro de Rei 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.

Dividing the INE population of 4,716 by the recorded municipal area of 177.0 km² gives approximately 26.6 residents per km² for Castro de Rei municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The latest imported INE population for Castro de Rei municipality is 4,716, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Castro de Rei municipality, recorded population changed by -2.9%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Castro de Rei municipality is €14,084 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 50.9 years for Castro de Rei municipality, for period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Castro de Rei municipality, the lowest population value is 4,716 residents in 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Castro de Rei municipality is 4,795 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Castro de Rei municipality, the highest population value is 4,859 residents in 2015.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Castro de Rei municipality records €734 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 4.1% for Galicia in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

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.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Galicia, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 4.1% in 2026Q2.

INE reports a house-price index of 111.8 for Galicia in 2026Q2. An index is not a euro price per square metre.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Lugo province, the highest registered sale-price benchmark value is €1,187 per m² in 2026Q2.

22 of 32 recorded transactions inform the published price measures for Castro de Rei municipality, equal to 68.8%.

Dirección General del Catastro records 4,911 buildings for Castro de Rei municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 3,260 dwellings for Castro de Rei 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 Castro de Rei municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 1,575 buildings, or 32.1% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 962 recorded buildings for Castro de Rei municipality, representing 19.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 278 recorded buildings for Castro de Rei municipality, representing 5.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 1,575 recorded buildings for Castro de Rei municipality, representing 32.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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