Ferrol, A Coruña property and area FAQs

Ferrol is a city in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain, located in the Rías Altas, in the vicinity of Strabo's Cape Nerium (modern-day Cape Prior). With Eume to the south and Ortegal to the north, Ferrol forms the comarca of Ferrolterra.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 3 official population nuclei for Ferrol. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-28. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Ferrol, at a recorded elevation of approximately 14 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include A Graña (387 residents in the cited settlement record) and O Outeiro (10 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.

Around a hundred years ago, and earlier, the harbour, with its depth, capacity and overall safety, had few equals in Europe; its entrance was very narrow, commanded by forts, and could even be shut by a boom.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 82.7 square kilometres for Ferrol municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 15036 and keeps the province label A Coruña. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 0 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 43.4844, -8.2328. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The audited municipality record contains 75 additional named-place records for Ferrol municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

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

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

The official municipality context used for Ferrol has INE code 15036. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

Ferrol 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.

Dividing the INE population of 63,209 by the recorded municipal area of 82.7 km² gives approximately 764.3 residents per km² for Ferrol municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The latest imported INE population for Ferrol municipality is 63,209, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Ferrol municipality, recorded population changed by -6.5%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Ferrol municipality is €15,176 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 49.5 years for Ferrol municipality, for period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Ferrol municipality, the highest population value is 67,624 residents in 2015.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.10 people per household for Ferrol 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.

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

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Ferrol municipality changed by -6.5%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Within the same displayed series for Ferrol municipality, the lowest population value is 63,068 residents in 2022.

The displayed series for Ferrol municipality begins at 67,624 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 5.0% for Ferrol municipality, in period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Ferrol municipality records €882 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €1,133 per square metre for Ferrol municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Ferrol municipality begins at €770 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 Ferrol municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €1,133 per m² in 2026Q1.

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.

Colegio de Registradores reports €1,767 per square metre for A Coruña province in 2026Q2. This is province context, not a local substitute.

Within the same displayed series for Galicia, the lowest regional house-price index value is 90.2 index points in 2024Q3.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed appraised housing value observations for Ferrol municipality is €922 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The page uses 12 published observations for Ferrol municipality, running from 2023Q3 to 2026Q2.

Within the same displayed series for A Coruña province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €1,487 per m² in 2024Q3.

Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 97.6% of transactions for Ferrol municipality.

The latest displayed MITMA point records 251 housing transactions in 2026Q2 for Ferrol municipality.

Dirección General del Catastro records 12,461 buildings for Ferrol municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 40,820 dwellings for Ferrol 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 1,956 for Ferrol municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

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

The 1950–1969 band contains 2,819 recorded buildings for Ferrol municipality, representing 23.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 419 recorded buildings for Ferrol municipality, representing 3.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 3,980 recorded buildings for Ferrol municipality, representing 32.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 40,820 dwellings across 12,461 buildings for Ferrol municipality, or approximately 3.28 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1970–1989 band contains 3,363 recorded buildings for Ferrol municipality, representing 27.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 1,659 recorded buildings for Ferrol municipality, representing 13.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Ferrol municipality, 0.0% 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 3,980 buildings, or 32.5% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

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