Colmenar, Málaga property and area FAQs

Colmenar is a municipality in the province of Málaga in Andalusia, southern Spain.

For Colmenar, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 1 official population nucleus. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Colmenar, at a recorded elevation of approximately 671 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

Colmenar has been populated since the Neolithic age, as testified by the remains found at the Cueva de las Pulseras. After the Reconquest, the town was named after a nearby farm known as Colmenar for its great number of beehives. The history of the village began in 1487, but it is not before 1777 that it became independent as a township.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 66.0 square kilometres for Colmenar municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 36.9052, -4.3363. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

Dividing the INE population of 3,534 by the recorded municipal area of 66.0 km² gives approximately 53.5 residents per km² for Colmenar municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The official municipality context used for Colmenar has INE code 29043. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 29043 and keeps the province label Málaga. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The latest imported INE population for Colmenar municipality is 3,534, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Colmenar municipality, recorded population changed by 4.5%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Colmenar municipality is €10,322 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 44.0 years for Colmenar municipality, for period 2023.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.40 people per household for Colmenar municipality, for period 2023.

INE records 20.2% of residents aged 65 or over for Colmenar municipality, in period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Colmenar municipality, the highest population value is 3,534 residents in 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Colmenar municipality records €890 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.

Within the same displayed series for Andalucía, the lowest regional foreign-buyer share value is 12.5% in 2025Q4.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional foreign-buyer share value for Andalucía changed by 11.5%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

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.

Dirección General del Catastro records 2,488 buildings for Colmenar municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 1,671 dwellings for Colmenar 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 1,979 for Colmenar municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 366 energy certificates for Colmenar municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 2010 onward band contains 106 recorded buildings for Colmenar municipality, representing 4.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 429 recorded buildings for Colmenar municipality, representing 17.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1990–2009, with 1,123 buildings, or 45.7% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

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