León property and area FAQs

León is a city and municipality of Spain and the capital of the province of León located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, south of the Cantabrian Mountains in between the Bernesga and the Torío rivers.

León’s current IGN settlement record contains 4 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is León, at a recorded elevation of approximately 830 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

Founded as the military encampment of the Legio VI Victrix around 29 BC, its standing as an encampment city was consolidated with the definitive settlement of the Legio VII Gemina from 74 AD. Following a period of political disorganization in the Duero Valley with settlements largely dislocated from emiral rule, León was populated towards 856 by the Kingdom of Asturias. After 910, the Asturian dynasty transferred their political centre from Oviedo to León, which henceforth became the head of the Kingdom of León.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 39.0 square kilometres for León municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 4 official population nuclei for León municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 24089 and keeps the province label León. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 42.5989, -5.5669. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

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

The official municipality context used for León has INE code 24089. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The audited municipality record contains 0 additional named-place records for León municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

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

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

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 837 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

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

León 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.

Dividing the INE population of 121,600 by the recorded municipal area of 39.0 km² gives approximately 3,115.6 residents per km² for León municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The latest imported INE population for León municipality is 121,600, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for León municipality, recorded population changed by -3.0%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for León municipality is €16,689 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 48.5 years for León municipality, for period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for León municipality changed by -3.0%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

INE records 28.6% of residents aged 65 or over for León municipality, in period 2023.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 7.7% for León municipality, in period 2023.

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

The latest imported INE figure is 2.10 people per household for León municipality, for period 2023.

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

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for León municipality is 122,653 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Within the 9 displayed observations for León municipality, the highest population value is 125,403 residents in 2015.

The displayed series for León municipality begins at 125,403 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 León municipality, the lowest population value is 120,082 residents in 2021.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for León municipality records €1,411 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €1,626 per square metre for León municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for León municipality begins at €1,315 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 León municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €1,626 per m² in 2026Q1.

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

The latest Registradores province average is €111,494 in 2026Q2 for León. It remains labelled as province-level evidence.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 5.8% for Castilla y León in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for León municipality begins at 445 transactions in 2023Q3. 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 Castilla y León is 100.3 index points. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

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

1,817 of 2,072 recorded transactions inform the published price measures for León municipality, equal to 87.7%.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Castilla y León, the highest regional house-price index value is 113.6 index points in 2026Q2.

Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 89.1% of transactions for León municipality.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed registered sale-price benchmark observations for León province is €975 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The price-informed transactions in the Notariado snapshot have an average recorded surface of 106 m² for León municipality.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional house-price index value for Castilla y León changed by 27.7%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The latest displayed MITMA point records 478 housing transactions in 2026Q2 for León municipality.

Dirección General del Catastro records 10,366 buildings for León municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 76,243 dwellings for León 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 León municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 18,616 energy certificates for León municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 1950–1969 band contains 3,747 recorded buildings for León municipality, representing 36.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 378 recorded buildings for León municipality, representing 3.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for León municipality, 5.2% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The Catastro extract records 76,243 dwellings across 10,366 buildings for León municipality, or approximately 7.36 dwellings per recorded building.

The Before 1950 band contains 2,209 recorded buildings for León municipality, representing 21.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 1,870 recorded buildings for León municipality, representing 18.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 2,126 recorded buildings for León municipality, representing 20.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1950–1969, with 3,747 buildings, or 36.3% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

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