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La Exotica, Málaga property and area FAQs

La Exotica is an NLS property-search area in Málaga province within the Nerja municipality context. The current public NLS inventory contains 1 listing, including 1 villa.

Place and geography

What kind of place is La Exotica?

Nerja (pronounced [ˈneɾxa]) is a municipality on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is part of the comarca of La Axarquía. It is on the country's southern Mediterranean coast, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of Málaga.

How is La Exotica organised into official settlements?

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 4 official population nuclei for Nerja. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Nerja, at a recorded elevation of approximately 24 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Imaroga (785 residents in the cited settlement record), Maro (633 residents in the cited settlement record), and Macaca (560 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.

What else is documented about La Exotica?

A popular and widely repeated folk etymology claims the name comes from Arabic for "abundant source", but the Arabic form Nāriŷa itself stems from an unknown pre-Islamic name.

What is the recorded municipal area for La Exotica?

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 85.0 square kilometres for Nerja municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

How many other named localities are recorded for La Exotica?

The audited municipality record contains 70 additional named-place records for Nerja municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

What reference coordinate is recorded for La Exotica?

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 36.7469, -3.8790. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

Does La Exotica have a linked official website?

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

People and households

What is the latest official population shown for La Exotica?

The latest imported INE population for Nerja municipality is 21,958, for period 2023.

How has the recorded population changed in La Exotica?

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

What net income per person is recorded for La Exotica?

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Nerja municipality is €11,896 net income per person, for period 2023.

What is the recorded average age in La Exotica?

INE records an average age of 46.7 years for Nerja municipality, for period 2023.

Which published period has the smallest population value for La Exotica?

Within the same displayed series for Nerja municipality, the lowest population value is 20,092 residents in 2016.

What share of residents in La Exotica is recorded as non-Spanish?

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 29.6% for Nerja municipality, in period 2023.

Property market evidence

What is the latest official sold-price snapshot for La Exotica?

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Nerja municipality records €3,567 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

What foreign-buyer share is shown for the wider La Exotica market?

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 16.0% for Andalucía in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

What is the earliest displayed La Exotica regional foreign-buyer share observation?

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.

When does the current regional foreign-buyer share series for La Exotica reach its maximum?

Within the 8 displayed observations for Andalucía, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 16.0% in 2026Q2.

Which published period has the largest registered sale-price benchmark value for La Exotica?

Within the 8 displayed observations for Málaga province, the highest registered sale-price benchmark value is €3,254 per m² in 2026Q2.

How complete is the price-informed Notariado sample for La Exotica?

494 of 534 recorded transactions inform the published price measures for Nerja municipality, equal to 92.5%.

Housing stock and registrations

How many cadastral buildings are recorded for La Exotica?

Dirección General del Catastro records 7,509 buildings for Nerja municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

How many dwellings are recorded for La Exotica?

The current Catastro building extract records 16,693 dwellings for Nerja municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.

What is the average recorded build year in La Exotica?

Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,984 for Nerja municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

How many energy certificates are recorded for La Exotica?

The current official administrative extract contains 4,345 energy certificates for Nerja municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

How much of the recorded La Exotica building stock falls in the 2010 onward band?

The 2010 onward band contains 348 recorded buildings for Nerja municipality, representing 4.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

How prominent is the 1950–1969 construction band in La Exotica?

The 1950–1969 band contains 558 recorded buildings for Nerja municipality, representing 7.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Current property inventory

How many properties are currently listed in La Exotica on NLS?

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

Which property types are currently available in La Exotica?

The current public inventory is: 1 villa. Only types with at least one eligible live listing receive an indexable area/type page.

What is the current asking-price range in La Exotica?

Published asking prices in the current NLS inventory run from €735,000 to €735,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

Are inactive or private listings included in the current La Exotica inventory?

No. The La Exotica 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.

How many villas are currently shown for La Exotica?

NLS currently shows 1 eligible public villa for La Exotica, equal to 100.0% of the 1-listing area inventory.

How to read these answers

Current listings and asking prices can change. Institutional figures update on their own publication cycles and may use municipality, province or autonomous-community scope. Compare unlike measures only after checking their stated geography and period. This page is market context, not a valuation, forecast, legal opinion or investment recommendation.