Granada property and area FAQs

Granada is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of four rivers, the Darro, the Genil, the Monachil and the Beiro. Ascribed to the Vega de Granada comarca, the city sits at an average elevation of 738 m (2,421 ft) above sea level 50 km from the Mediterranean coast, the Costa Tropical. It was the last Muslim stronghold in Islamic Spain.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 5 official population nuclei for Granada. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-17. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Granada, at a recorded elevation of approximately 682 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Cerrillo de Maracena (2,045 residents in the cited settlement record), Lancha del Genil (1,690 residents in the cited settlement record), Alquería del Fargue (548 residents in the cited settlement record), and Bobadilla (391 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.

Nearby is the Sierra Nevada Ski Station, where the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996 were held. Its nearest airport is Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 88.0 square kilometres for Granada municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 693 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The official municipality context used for Granada has INE code 18087. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

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

Dividing the INE population of 230,688 by the recorded municipal area of 88.0 km² gives approximately 2,620.9 residents per km² for Granada municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

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

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 37.1750, -3.6000. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 5 official population nuclei for Granada municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 18087 and keeps the province label Granada. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

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

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

The audited municipality record contains 167 additional named-place records for Granada municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

Granada 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 Granada municipality is 230,688, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Granada municipality, recorded population changed by -1.0%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Granada municipality is €16,024 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 44.8 years for Granada municipality, for period 2023.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.30 people per household for Granada municipality, for period 2023.

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

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Granada municipality changed by -1.0%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

INE records 23.4% of residents aged 65 or over for Granada municipality, in period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Granada municipality is 230,280 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The population figure uses INE period 2023. The page shows the period beside the value so it is not mistaken for a live counter.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Granada municipality, the highest population value is 232,951 residents in 2015.

The displayed series for Granada municipality begins at 232,951 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 Granada municipality, the lowest population value is 226,990 residents in 2021.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 9.6% for Granada municipality, in period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Granada municipality records €1,922 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €2,427 per square metre for Granada municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Granada municipality begins at €1,828 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 Granada municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €2,427 per m² in 2026Q1.

Within the same displayed series for Andalucía, the lowest regional house-price index value is 90.6 index points in 2024Q3.

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

The published price measures use 3,471 price-informed sales from 3,869 total recorded transactions for Granada municipality.

INE reports a house-price index of 110.9 for Andalucía in 2026Q2. An index is not a euro price per square metre.

The displayed series for Andalucía begins at 14.3% in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional house-price index observations for Andalucía is 100.2 index points. 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 Andalucía changed by 22.4%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Within the same displayed series for Granada province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €1,317 per m² in 2024Q3.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed appraised housing value observations for Granada municipality is €2,044 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Granada province, the highest registered sale-price benchmark value is €1,536 per m² in 2026Q2.

At the latest displayed point, the INE house-price index for Andalucía changed by 11.9% year on year. The value describes the region, not an individual municipality or property.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed registered sale-price benchmark value for Granada province changed by 16.7%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Dirección General del Catastro records 20,296 buildings for Granada municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 140,829 dwellings for Granada 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 1,966 for Granada municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 29,329 energy certificates for Granada municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 2010 onward band contains 758 recorded buildings for Granada municipality, representing 3.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 4,805 recorded buildings for Granada municipality, representing 23.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1950–1969, with 5,299 buildings, or 26.2% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 5,184 recorded buildings for Granada municipality, representing 25.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 5,299 recorded buildings for Granada municipality, representing 26.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Granada municipality, 7.6% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The Catastro extract records 140,829 dwellings across 20,296 buildings for Granada municipality, or approximately 6.94 dwellings per recorded building.

The Before 1950 band contains 4,179 recorded buildings for Granada municipality, representing 20.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 1 listing for Granada. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

No. The Granada 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.