Elche / Elx, Alicante property and area FAQs

Elche, in Spanish, or Elx, in Valencian (officially: Elx / Elche), is a city and municipality of Spain, belonging to the province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. It is part of the comarca of Baix Vinalopó.

Elche / Elx’s current IGN settlement record contains 26 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Elx/Elche, at a recorded elevation of approximately 78 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Torrellano (6,710 residents in the cited settlement record), l'Altet (5,163 residents in the cited settlement record), Urbanització Els Arenals del Sol (2,683 residents in the cited settlement record), La Foia (2,202 residents in the cited settlement record), and Las Bayas (1,735 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.

Part of the municipality is coastal yet the city proper is roughly 15 km (9 mi) away from the Mediterranean Sea. Elche is the centre of the footwear industry in Spain. The main airport of the province of Alicante (Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport) is located inside Elche's municipality, and it serves both Elche and Alicante, being the fifth-busiest airport in Spain.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 326.1 square kilometres for Elche / Elx municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 38.2669, -0.6983. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The audited municipality record contains 55 additional named-place records for Elche / Elx municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The official municipality context used for Elche / Elx has INE code 03065. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

Dividing the INE population of 240,073 by the recorded municipal area of 326.1 km² gives approximately 736.2 residents per km² for Elche / Elx municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

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

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

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 26 official population nuclei for Elche / Elx municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

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

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 86 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 03065 and keeps the province label Alicante. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

Elche / Elx 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.

The latest imported INE population for Elche / Elx municipality is 240,073, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Elche / Elx municipality, recorded population changed by 6.4%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Elche / Elx municipality is €11,849 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 42.4 years for Elche / Elx municipality, for period 2023.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 13.2% for Elche / Elx municipality, in period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Elche / Elx municipality, the highest population value is 240,073 residents in 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.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Elche / Elx municipality is 231,566 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The displayed series for Elche / Elx municipality begins at 225,720 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the same displayed series for Elche / Elx municipality, the lowest population value is 225,720 residents in 2015.

The page uses 9 published observations for Elche / Elx municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

INE records 18.5% of residents aged 65 or over for Elche / Elx municipality, in period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Elche / Elx municipality changed by 6.4%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.60 people per household for Elche / Elx municipality, for period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Elche / Elx municipality records €1,440 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €1,684 per square metre for Elche / Elx municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Elche / Elx municipality begins at €1,082 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 Elche / Elx municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €1,684 per m² in 2026Q1.

The displayed series for Comunitat Valenciana begins at 90.2 index points in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The latest Registradores province average is €202,776 in 2026Q2 for Alicante. It remains labelled as province-level evidence.

The page uses 8 published observations for Alicante province, running from 2024Q3 to 2026Q2.

Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 87.2% of transactions for Elche / Elx municipality.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed registered sale-price benchmark value for Alicante province changed by 21.0%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Comunitat Valenciana, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 31.0% in 2026Q2.

The displayed series for Elche / Elx municipality begins at 859 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The displayed Registradores series for Alicante province changed by 11.7% year on year at its latest point. This is a province trend, not a forecast for Elche / Elx.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional house-price index observations for Comunitat Valenciana is 100.2 index points. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed appraised housing value observations for Elche / Elx municipality is €1,308 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Dirección General del Catastro records 31,877 buildings for Elche / Elx municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 116,307 dwellings for Elche / Elx 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 1,973 for Elche / Elx municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 27,347 energy certificates for Elche / Elx municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The Catastro extract records 116,307 dwellings across 31,877 buildings for Elche / Elx municipality, or approximately 3.65 dwellings per recorded building.

Among the imported certificates for Elche / Elx municipality, 7.0% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The 1950–1969 band contains 6,679 recorded buildings for Elche / Elx municipality, representing 21.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 11,173 buildings, or 35.2% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 4,760 recorded buildings for Elche / Elx municipality, representing 15.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 877 recorded buildings for Elche / Elx municipality, representing 2.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 8,266 recorded buildings for Elche / Elx municipality, representing 26.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 11,173 recorded buildings for Elche / Elx municipality, representing 35.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 1 listing for Elche / Elx. 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 €2,000,000 to €2,000,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

No. The Elche / Elx 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 Elche / Elx, equal to 100.0% of the 1-listing area inventory.