Cuenca property and area FAQs

Cuenca is a city and municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha and the capital of the province of Cuenca.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 8 official population nuclei for Cuenca. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-22. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Cuenca, at a recorded elevation of approximately 988 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Nohales (234 residents in the cited settlement record), La Melgosa (208 residents in the cited settlement record), Mohorte (80 residents in the cited settlement record), Valdecabras (54 residents in the cited settlement record), and Cólliga (39 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 primitive urban core developed on a narrow escarpment caged between the Júcar and the Huécar rivers, on the western fringes of the Iberian System mountains. It was probably founded towards the 10th century CE, becoming a stronghold of the Arabised Berber lineage of the Banū Zennum, featuring a fortress, Qal'at Kūnka, which was conquered for the Kingdom of Castile in 1177. In the early modern period, the city boasted of a thriving textile and tapestry industry.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 911.1 square kilometres for Cuenca municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Cuenca is shown within Cuenca province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

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

The audited municipality record contains 38 additional named-place records for Cuenca municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

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

Dividing the INE population of 52,996 by the recorded municipal area of 911.1 km² gives approximately 58.2 residents per km² for Cuenca municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 40.0717, -2.1350. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 946 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

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

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 16078 and keeps the province label Cuenca. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The latest imported INE population for Cuenca municipality is 52,996, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Cuenca municipality, recorded population changed by -3.0%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Cuenca municipality is €14,988 net income per person, for period 2023.

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

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 10.9% for Cuenca municipality, in period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Cuenca municipality changed by -3.0%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.40 people per household for Cuenca municipality, for 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.

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

The page uses 9 published observations for Cuenca municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Cuenca municipality is 53,661 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Cuenca municipality, the highest population value is 54,654 residents in 2015.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Cuenca municipality records €1,483 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €1,567 per square metre for Cuenca municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Cuenca municipality begins at €1,231 per m² in 2023Q2. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 12 displayed observations for Cuenca municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €1,567 per m² in 2026Q1.

Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 82.8% of transactions for Cuenca municipality.

From 2023Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed quarterly transaction count value for Cuenca municipality changed by 46.8%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Within the 12 displayed observations for Cuenca municipality, the highest quarterly transaction count value is 323 transactions in 2024Q4.

At the latest displayed point, the INE house-price index for Castilla - La Mancha changed by 11.7% year on year. The value describes the region, not an individual municipality or property.

The latest Registradores province average is €93,187 in 2026Q2 for Cuenca. It remains labelled as province-level evidence.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed appraised housing value observations for Cuenca municipality is €1,336 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Cuenca municipality is 191 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €144,500 for Cuenca municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.

Dirección General del Catastro records 7,368 buildings for Cuenca municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 31,166 dwellings for Cuenca 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 1,963 for Cuenca municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 2,259 energy certificates for Cuenca municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The Before 1950 band contains 2,040 recorded buildings for Cuenca municipality, representing 27.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 1,645 recorded buildings for Cuenca municipality, representing 22.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Cuenca municipality, 9.2% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 2,040 buildings, or 27.9% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 248 recorded buildings for Cuenca municipality, representing 3.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 31,166 dwellings across 7,368 buildings for Cuenca municipality, or approximately 4.23 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1970–1989 band contains 1,574 recorded buildings for Cuenca municipality, representing 21.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 1,815 recorded buildings for Cuenca municipality, representing 24.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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