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El Herrojo, Málaga property and area FAQs
El Herrojo is an NLS property-search area in Málaga province within the Benahavís municipality context. The current public NLS inventory contains 10 listings, including 9 villas and 1 plot.
Place and geography
What kind of place is El Herrojo?
Benahavís is a Spanish town (pueblo) and municipality in the province of Malaga. It is a mountain village between Marbella, Estepona, and Ronda, 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) from the coast.
What does the official settlement record show for El Herrojo?
Benahavís’ current IGN settlement record contains 6 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Benahavís, at a recorded elevation of approximately 157 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Artola (3,443 residents in the cited settlement record), La Alquería-El Paraíso (2,058 residents in the cited settlement record), Parque Botánico las Lomas del Guadalmina (174 residents in the cited settlement record), Montemayor (89 residents in the cited settlement record), and La Zagaleta (72 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.
What else is documented about El Herrojo?
Its terrain is traversed by the Guadalmina, Guadaiza and Guadalmansa Rivers. Places of great natural and historic interest are to be found within its boundaries, such as El Cerro del Duque, Daidin and the Montemayor Castle.
What is the recorded municipal area for El Herrojo?
The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 145.0 square kilometres for Benahavís municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.
What elevation is recorded for El Herrojo?
The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 150 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.
How does NLS avoid mixing El Herrojo with similarly named places?
NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 29023 and keeps the province label Málaga. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.
Does El Herrojo have a linked official website?
Yes. The structured municipality record includes an official website field. NLS treats that as identity context and not as property-market evidence.
What reference coordinate is recorded for El Herrojo?
The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 36.5223, -5.0441. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.
How many official population nuclei are recorded for El Herrojo?
The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 6 official population nuclei for Benahavís municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.
People and households
What is the latest official population shown for El Herrojo?
The latest imported INE population for Benahavís municipality is 9,170, for period 2023.
How has the recorded population changed in El Herrojo?
Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Benahavís municipality, recorded population changed by 29.2%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.
What net income per person is recorded for El Herrojo?
The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Benahavís municipality is €14,248 net income per person, for period 2023.
What is the recorded average age in El Herrojo?
INE records an average age of 39.8 years for Benahavís municipality, for period 2023.
What period does the population figure for El Herrojo cover?
The population figure uses INE period 2023. The page shows the period beside the value so it is not mistaken for a live counter.
What is the earliest displayed El Herrojo population observation?
The displayed series for Benahavís municipality begins at 7,096 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.
How many published population observations are shown for El Herrojo?
The page uses 9 published observations for Benahavís municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.
What is the average household size in El Herrojo?
The latest imported INE figure is 2.40 people per household for Benahavís municipality, for period 2023.
Property market evidence
What is the latest official sold-price snapshot for El Herrojo?
The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Benahavís municipality records €4,529 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.
What foreign-buyer share is shown for the wider El Herrojo market?
Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 16.0% for Andalucía in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.
Where does the published regional foreign-buyer share series for El Herrojo begin?
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.
Which published period has the largest regional foreign-buyer share value for El Herrojo?
Within the 8 displayed observations for Andalucía, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 16.0% in 2026Q2.
Across the shown periods, what does the quarterly transaction count series average for El Herrojo?
The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Benahavís municipality is 198 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.
When does the current regional house-price index series for El Herrojo reach its maximum?
Within the 8 displayed observations for Andalucía, the highest regional house-price index value is 110.9 index points in 2026Q2.
Where does the published quarterly transaction count series for El Herrojo begin?
The displayed series for Benahavís municipality begins at 289 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.
How many transactions are in the Notariado snapshot for El Herrojo?
The current snapshot contains 619 recorded transactions for Benahavís municipality. The price sample may be smaller because not every transaction carries a publishable price measure.
Housing stock and registrations
How many cadastral buildings are recorded for El Herrojo?
Dirección General del Catastro records 2,555 buildings for Benahavís municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.
How many dwellings are recorded for El Herrojo?
The current Catastro building extract records 9,890 dwellings for Benahavís municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.
What is the average recorded build year in El Herrojo?
Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 2,001 for Benahavís municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.
How many energy certificates are recorded for El Herrojo?
The current official administrative extract contains 4,205 energy certificates for Benahavís municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.
What registered tourism capacity is shown for El Herrojo?
The active entries in the imported official register represent 14,469 registered places for Benahavís municipality. Registered capacity does not measure actual occupancy.
What capacity-per-entry ratio follows from the El Herrojo tourism register extract?
The official extract lists 14,469 registered places across 2,274 active entries for Benahavís municipality, an arithmetic average of 6.4 places per entry. It is not an occupancy rate.
How much of the recorded El Herrojo building stock falls in the 1950–1969 band?
The 1950–1969 band contains 27 recorded buildings for Benahavís municipality, representing 1.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
How many active tourism-register entries are shown for El Herrojo?
The official administrative extract contains 2,274 active tourism-register entries for Benahavís municipality, with source update 2026-10-29. It is not an occupancy measure.
Current property inventory
How many properties are currently listed in El Herrojo on NLS?
The current eligible public inventory contains 10 listings for El Herrojo. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.
Which property types are currently available in El Herrojo?
The current public inventory is: 9 villas; 1 plot. Only types with at least one eligible live listing receive an indexable area/type page.
What is the current asking-price range in El Herrojo?
Published asking prices in the current NLS inventory run from €2,200,000 to €19,880,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.
Are inactive or private listings included in the current El Herrojo inventory?
No. The El Herrojo 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.
What is the live NLS count for plots in El Herrojo?
NLS currently shows 1 eligible public plot for El Herrojo, equal to 10.0% of the 10-listing area inventory.
What part of the current El Herrojo inventory is villas?
NLS currently shows 9 eligible public villas for El Herrojo, equal to 90.0% of the 10-listing area inventory.
What separates the lowest and highest published asking prices in El Herrojo?
The difference between the current published minimum of €2,200,000 and maximum of €19,880,000 is €17,680,000. This describes the live mix of listings and is not a market-value estimate.
How to read these answers
Current listings and asking prices can change. Institutional figures update on their own publication cycles and may use municipality, province or autonomous-community scope. Compare unlike measures only after checking their stated geography and period. This page is market context, not a valuation, forecast, legal opinion or investment recommendation.