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La Siesta, Alicante property and area FAQs

La Siesta is an NLS property-search area in Alicante province within the Torrevieja municipality context. The current public NLS inventory contains 1 listing, including 1 town house.

Place and geography

What is La Siesta like?

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.

How is La Siesta organised into official settlements?

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.

What else is documented about La Siesta?

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.

What is the recorded municipal area for La Siesta?

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.

Which province is La Siesta in?

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

Does La Siesta 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.

What elevation is recorded for La Siesta?

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 7 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

People and households

What is the latest official population shown for La Siesta?

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

How has the recorded population changed in La Siesta?

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.

What net income per person is recorded for La Siesta?

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

What is the recorded average age in La Siesta?

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

When does the current population series for La Siesta reach its maximum?

Within the 9 displayed observations for Torrevieja municipality, the highest population value is 95,037 residents in 2023.

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

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 47.5% for Torrevieja municipality, in period 2023.

Property market evidence

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

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.

What appraised housing value is available for La Siesta?

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.

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

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.

Which published period has the largest appraised housing value value for La Siesta?

Within the 12 displayed observations for Torrevieja municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €2,182 per m² in 2026Q1.

When does the current regional house-price index series for La Siesta reach its maximum?

Within the 8 displayed observations for Comunitat Valenciana, the highest regional house-price index value is 111.7 index points in 2026Q2.

Across the shown periods, what does the regional house-price index series average for La Siesta?

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional house-price index observations for Comunitat Valenciana is 100.2 index points. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Housing stock and registrations

How many cadastral buildings are recorded for La Siesta?

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

How many dwellings are recorded for La Siesta?

The current Catastro building extract records 125,651 dwellings for Torrevieja municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.

What is the average recorded build year in La Siesta?

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.

How many energy certificates are recorded for La Siesta?

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

What share of cadastral buildings in La Siesta is labelled 2010 onward?

The 2010 onward band contains 380 recorded buildings for Torrevieja municipality, representing 2.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Which building-age band is largest in La Siesta?

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 12,920 buildings, or 72.2% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

Current property inventory

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

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

Which property types are currently available in La Siesta?

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

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

Published asking prices in the current NLS inventory run from €95,000 to €95,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

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

No. The La Siesta 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.

What part of the current La Siesta inventory is townhouses?

NLS currently shows 1 eligible public town house for La Siesta, 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.