Firgas, Las Palmas property and area FAQs

Firgas is a town and a municipality in the northern part of the island of Gran Canaria, in the Province of Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands. Firgas was founded in 1488, and it is situated in the mountains, 13 km west of Las Palmas. The town, which is located in a green and rural zone, is also known as the balcony of the Atlantic, as it provides good views of the northern coast of the island. Bottled water is produced in the town.

Firgas’ current IGN settlement record contains 19 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Firgas, at a recorded elevation of approximately 501 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Los Rosales (946 residents in the cited settlement record), Casablanca (765 residents in the cited settlement record), Buenlugar (606 residents in the cited settlement record), El Risco (526 residents in the cited settlement record), and Cambalud (439 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 linked structured municipality record gives an area of 15.8 square kilometres for Firgas municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 500 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Firgas 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.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 35008 and keeps the province label Las Palmas. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

Dividing the INE population of 7,726 by the recorded municipal area of 15.8 km² gives approximately 489.9 residents per km² for Firgas municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

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

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 28.1000, -15.5500. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The official municipality context used for Firgas has INE code 35008. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The latest imported INE population for Firgas municipality is 7,726, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Firgas municipality, recorded population changed by 3.9%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Firgas municipality is €13,444 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 44.6 years for Firgas municipality, for period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Firgas municipality changed by 3.9%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

INE records 18.3% of residents aged 65 or over for Firgas municipality, in 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 imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 2.3% for Firgas municipality, in period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Firgas municipality is 7,533 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.70 people per household for Firgas municipality, for period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Firgas municipality records €1,173 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 29.3% for Canarias in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Canarias begins at 27.3% 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 Canarias, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 30.0% in 2025Q2.

The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €161,129 for Firgas municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.

From 2023Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed quarterly transaction count value for Firgas municipality changed by -7.1%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The price-informed transactions in the Notariado snapshot have an average recorded surface of 137 m² for Firgas municipality.

The displayed series for Firgas municipality begins at 14 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The displayed series for Canarias begins at 90.6 index points in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the same displayed series for Canarias, the lowest regional foreign-buyer share value is 22.8% in 2026Q1.

Dirección General del Catastro records 3,294 buildings for Firgas municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 3,220 dwellings for Firgas 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 1,975 for Firgas municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 539 energy certificates for Firgas municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

Among the imported certificates for Firgas municipality, 14.8% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1990–2009, with 1,233 buildings, or 37.9% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 3,220 dwellings across 3,294 buildings for Firgas municipality, or approximately 0.98 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1950–1969 band contains 472 recorded buildings for Firgas municipality, representing 14.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 75 recorded buildings for Firgas municipality, representing 2.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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