Galapagar, Madrid property and area FAQs

Galapagar is a town and municipality northwest of Madrid, Spain, situated in the autonomous community of the Community of Madrid. Of all the towns in the area, it has experienced the most growth, mostly because of immigration and the development of old livestock fields.

For Galapagar, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 12 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Galapagar, at a recorded elevation of approximately 877 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include La Navata (4,670 residents in the cited settlement record), Parquelagos (2,203 residents in the cited settlement record), El Guijo (2,017 residents in the cited settlement record), España (1,233 residents in the cited settlement record), and Fuente la Teja (1,042 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.

Galapagar borders Collado Villalba, Colmenarejo, Torrelodones, Las Rozas de Madrid, El Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Villanueva del Pardillo, Hoyo de Manzanares, Moralzarzal and Guadarrama.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 65.0 square kilometres for Galapagar municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 28061 and keeps the province label Madrid. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

Galapagar is an official municipality in Madrid province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

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

Galapagar is shown within Madrid province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

The official municipality context used for Galapagar has INE code 28061. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 890 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 40.5764, -4.0019. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

Galapagar 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 audited municipality record contains 6 additional named-place records for Galapagar municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The latest imported INE population for Galapagar municipality is 35,491, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Galapagar municipality, recorded population changed by 11.2%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Galapagar municipality is €17,032 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 41.3 years for Galapagar municipality, for period 2023.

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

Within the same displayed series for Galapagar municipality, the lowest population value is 31,922 residents in 2015.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.90 people per household for Galapagar municipality, for period 2023.

INE records 15.1% of residents aged 65 or over for Galapagar municipality, in period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Galapagar municipality, the highest population value is 35,491 residents in 2023.

The displayed series for Galapagar municipality begins at 31,922 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Galapagar municipality changed by 11.2%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 16.3% for Galapagar municipality, in period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Galapagar municipality records €2,135 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €2,768 per square metre for Galapagar municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Galapagar municipality begins at €1,949 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 Galapagar municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €2,768 per m² in 2026Q1.

The page uses 12 published observations for Galapagar municipality, running from 2023Q2 to 2026Q1.

Colegio de Registradores reports €4,305 per square metre for Madrid province in 2026Q2. This is province context, not a local substitute.

The published price measures use 375 price-informed sales from 409 total recorded transactions for Galapagar municipality.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed appraised housing value observations for Galapagar municipality is €2,289 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

From 2023Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed quarterly transaction count value for Galapagar municipality changed by 47.4%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed registered sale-price benchmark observations for Madrid province is €3,879 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional house-price index value for Madrid, Comunidad de changed by 24.9%. 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 152 m² for Galapagar municipality.

Dirección General del Catastro records 8,078 buildings for Galapagar municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 14,857 dwellings for Galapagar 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 1,987 for Galapagar municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 5,074 energy certificates for Galapagar municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The Before 1950 band contains 208 recorded buildings for Galapagar municipality, representing 2.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 783 recorded buildings for Galapagar municipality, representing 9.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1990–2009, with 3,794 buildings, or 47.0% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Galapagar municipality, 15.0% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The 1970–1989 band contains 2,868 recorded buildings for Galapagar municipality, representing 35.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 14,857 dwellings across 8,078 buildings for Galapagar municipality, or approximately 1.84 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1990–2009 band contains 3,794 recorded buildings for Galapagar municipality, representing 47.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 421 recorded buildings for Galapagar municipality, representing 5.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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