Frías, Burgos property and area FAQs

Frías is a town located in the northern part of the province of Burgos, in Castile and León, Spain.

For Frías, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 3 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Frías, at a recorded elevation of approximately 544 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Quintanaseca (32 residents in the cited settlement record) and Tobera (25 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.

Frías is a historic medieval town on a hill above the river Ebro, and has been a strategic point to cross the river on routes leading to the Cantabrian Sea. Today the town is a popular tourist spot. It has an impressive castle dominating the river and the twelfth-century bridge across it. It is considered to be the smallest "city" in Spain, having been given that title in 1435.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 29.4 square kilometres for Frías municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The audited municipality record contains 0 additional named-place records for Frías municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 555 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Frías 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 official municipality context used for Frías has INE code 09134. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The latest imported INE population for Frías municipality is 270, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Frías municipality, recorded population changed by 4.7%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Frías municipality is €13,898 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 52.3 years for Frías municipality, for period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Frías municipality, the highest population value is 270 residents in 2020.

The displayed series for Frías municipality begins at 258 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.10 people per household for Frías municipality, for period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Frías municipality records €1,499 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 5.8% for Castilla y León in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Castilla y León begins at 3.6% 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 Castilla y León, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 5.8% in 2026Q2.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Frías municipality is 3 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Within the same displayed series for Burgos province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €1,232 per m² in 2024Q3.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed registered sale-price benchmark value for Burgos province changed by 14.6%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Dirección General del Catastro records 732 buildings for Frías municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 614 dwellings for Frías 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 1,939 for Frías municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 65 energy certificates for Frías municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The Before 1950 band contains 380 recorded buildings for Frías municipality, representing 51.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 142 recorded buildings for Frías municipality, representing 19.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Frías municipality, 1.5% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

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