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La Rioja, Alicante property and area FAQs

La Rioja is an NLS property-search area in Alicante province within the Orihuela municipality context. The current public NLS inventory contains 0 listings.

Place and geography

Where is La Rioja?

La Rioja is an NLS property-search area in Alicante province, Spain. Official municipality evidence on this page is labelled with the wider scope Orihuela municipality.

What geographic level does the La Rioja page cover?

La Rioja is treated as a property-search area. When an exact municipality can be resolved, official statistics retain the label Orihuela municipality; no municipality figure is relabelled as neighbourhood-level evidence.

Which province is La Rioja in?

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

What is the official INE code used for La Rioja?

The official municipality context used for La Rioja has INE code 03099. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

What geographic scope do the facts for La Rioja use?

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

How does NLS avoid mixing La Rioja with similarly named places?

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 03099 and keeps the province label Alicante. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

People and households

What is the latest official population shown for La Rioja?

The latest imported INE population for Orihuela municipality is 82,981, for period 2023.

How has the recorded population changed in La Rioja?

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Orihuela municipality, recorded population changed by 10.1%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

What net income per person is recorded for La Rioja?

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Orihuela municipality is €11,512 net income per person, for period 2023.

What is the recorded average age in La Rioja?

INE records an average age of 44.7 years for Orihuela municipality, for period 2023.

What is the arithmetic average across the displayed population points for La Rioja?

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Orihuela municipality is 77,829 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

How has the published population series moved across the displayed span for La Rioja?

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Orihuela municipality changed by 10.1%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

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

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 36.1% for Orihuela municipality, in period 2023.

How many published population observations are shown for La Rioja?

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

Property market evidence

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

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Orihuela municipality records €2,309 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

What appraised housing value is available for La Rioja?

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €2,166 per square metre for Orihuela municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

What does the first available appraised housing value point show for La Rioja?

The displayed series for Orihuela municipality begins at €1,347 per m² in 2023Q2. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

What is the highest displayed appraised housing value point relevant to La Rioja?

Within the 12 displayed observations for Orihuela municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €2,166 per m² in 2026Q1.

When was the completed-sale snapshot for La Rioja fetched?

The imported Notariado snapshot states a fetch timestamp of 2026-08-03 21:39:29. It is a current snapshot, not a historical quarterly series.

What change separates the first and latest displayed regional house-price index values for La Rioja?

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional house-price index value for Comunitat Valenciana changed by 23.8%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

When is the minimum in the current registered sale-price benchmark series for La Rioja?

Within the same displayed series for Alicante province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €1,813 per m² in 2024Q3.

Which published period has the largest quarterly transaction count value for La Rioja?

Within the 12 displayed observations for Orihuela municipality, the highest quarterly transaction count value is 1,473 transactions in 2024Q2.

Housing stock and registrations

How many cadastral buildings are recorded for La Rioja?

Dirección General del Catastro records 23,418 buildings for Orihuela municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

How many dwellings are recorded for La Rioja?

The current Catastro building extract records 87,675 dwellings for Orihuela municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.

What is the average recorded build year in La Rioja?

Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,972 for Orihuela municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

How many energy certificates are recorded for La Rioja?

The current official administrative extract contains 27,380 energy certificates for Orihuela municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

How much of the recorded La Rioja building stock falls in the 1970–1989 band?

The 1970–1989 band contains 7,495 recorded buildings for Orihuela municipality, representing 32.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

How much of the recorded La Rioja building stock falls in the Before 1950 band?

The Before 1950 band contains 4,585 recorded buildings for Orihuela municipality, representing 19.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Which building-age band is largest in La Rioja?

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 7,495 buildings, or 32.2% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

Current property inventory

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

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

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.