La Mata, Alicante property and area FAQs

Torrevieja is a Mediterranean-seaside city and municipality on the Costa Blanca, in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, in southeastern Spain. The city is in one of the only Spanish-speaking areas of the Valencian Community.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 7 official population nuclei for Torrevieja. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Torrevieja, at a recorded elevation of approximately 26 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Urbanización La Torreta (8,014 residents in the cited settlement record), Urbanización Los Balcones (5,730 residents in the cited settlement record), Urbanización El Chaparral (5,075 residents in the cited settlement record), Urbanización Punta Prima (2,876 residents in the cited settlement record), and Cabo Cervera-Playa la Mata (2,658 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.

Torrevieja was originally a salt-mining and fishing village, as it is located between the Mediterranean Sea and two large pink salt lakes known as Las Salinas de Torrevieja.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 71.8 square kilometres for Torrevieja municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The audited municipality record contains 39 additional named-place records for Torrevieja municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 7 official population nuclei for Torrevieja municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

The latest imported INE population for Torrevieja municipality is 95,037, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Torrevieja municipality, recorded population changed by 15.0%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Torrevieja municipality is €9,868 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 44.1 years for Torrevieja municipality, for period 2023.

INE records 21.9% of residents aged 65 or over for Torrevieja municipality, in period 2023.

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

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Torrevieja municipality records €2,216 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €2,182 per square metre for Torrevieja municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Torrevieja municipality begins at €1,507 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 Torrevieja municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €2,182 per m² in 2026Q1.

6,075 of 6,554 recorded transactions inform the published price measures for Torrevieja municipality, equal to 92.7%.

From 2023Q2 to 2026Q1, the displayed appraised housing value value for Torrevieja municipality changed by 44.8%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Dirección General del Catastro records 17,969 buildings for Torrevieja municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 125,651 dwellings for Torrevieja 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 1,985 for Torrevieja municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 45,474 energy certificates for Torrevieja municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 1990–2009 band contains 3,471 recorded buildings for Torrevieja municipality, representing 19.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 985 recorded buildings for Torrevieja municipality, representing 5.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 8 listings for La Mata. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

The current public inventory is: 7 villas; 1 penthouse. Only types with at least one eligible live listing receive an indexable area/type page.

Published asking prices in the current NLS inventory run from €182,000 to €950,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

The difference between the current published minimum of €182,000 and maximum of €950,000 is €768,000. This describes the live mix of listings and is not a market-value estimate.

NLS currently shows 7 eligible public villas for La Mata, equal to 87.5% of the 8-listing area inventory.

NLS currently shows 1 eligible public penthouse for La Mata, equal to 12.5% of the 8-listing area inventory.