Dolores, Alicante property and area FAQs

Dolores is a town located in the comarca of Vega Baja del Segura in southern Alicante province, Spain. The town is in the heart of the Segura huerta (vegetable garden) about 10 km (6.2 mi) from the nearest beaches in La Marina and Guardamar. Dolores is readily accessible from the Autovia del Mediterráneo motorway and a new motorway from Elche, and is about 20 minutes away from the Alicante international airport.

For Dolores, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 1 official population nucleus. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Dolores, at a recorded elevation of approximately 5 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

The most important monument is the 18th-century church, with sculptures by Salcillo and Roque Lopez. The two most important fiestas in Dolores are the Feria de Agosto (August Fair) in early August; and the Fiesta de la Virgen, in mid-September. The Feria de Agosto is one of the more important fairs of Spain, and it features a Spanish Horse Contest. More than 1,500 horses are shown each year in all sorts of games and activities. Cattle and dog contests are also held at the fair. The Fiesta de la Virgen includes a carriage parade, the running of the "vaca toposa" (a variety of a small, aggressive cow), and the procession to honor the Virgen de los Dolores (Virgin of Sorrows), the patron saint of the village.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 18.3 square kilometres for Dolores municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 03064 and keeps the province label Alicante. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 38.1389, -0.7700. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 4 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.

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

The latest imported INE population for Dolores municipality is 8,035, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Dolores municipality, recorded population changed by 12.5%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Dolores municipality is €10,176 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 42.1 years for Dolores municipality, for period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Dolores municipality, the highest population value is 8,035 residents in 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Dolores municipality, the lowest population value is 7,140 residents in 2015.

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

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Dolores municipality is 7,503 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 21.4% for Dolores municipality, in period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Dolores municipality records €1,243 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 31.0% for Comunitat Valenciana in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Comunitat Valenciana begins at 28.5% 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 Comunitat Valenciana, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 31.0% in 2026Q2.

Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 75.0% of transactions for Dolores municipality.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Alicante province, the highest registered sale-price benchmark value is €2,194 per m² in 2026Q2.

The page displays 12 quarterly MITMA observations for Dolores municipality, up to the latest published period in the chart.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Comunitat Valenciana, the highest regional house-price index value is 111.7 index points in 2026Q2.

The price-informed transactions in the Notariado snapshot have an average recorded surface of 123 m² for Dolores municipality.

Dirección General del Catastro records 3,032 buildings for Dolores municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 3,665 dwellings for Dolores 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 1,971 for Dolores municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 951 energy certificates for Dolores municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 2010 onward band contains 160 recorded buildings for Dolores municipality, representing 5.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 526 recorded buildings for Dolores municipality, representing 17.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Dolores municipality, 8.5% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The 1970–1989 band contains 531 recorded buildings for Dolores municipality, representing 17.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 1 listing for Dolores. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

The current public inventory is: 1 villa. Only types with at least one eligible live listing receive an indexable area/type page.

Published asking prices in the current NLS inventory run from €495,000 to €495,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

No. The Dolores count includes only active listings that are eligible for the public NLS catalogue at the time the page is generated. Draft, withdrawn, private and feed-private records do not create a public area or property-type page.

NLS currently shows 1 eligible public villa for Dolores, equal to 100.0% of the 1-listing area inventory.