Los Altos, Alicante property and area FAQs

Orihuela (historically also known in Valencian as Oriola) is a city and municipality located at the foot of the Sierra de Orihuela mountains in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain. The city is in one of the Spanish-speaking areas of the Valencian Community.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 93 official population nuclei for Orihuela. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Orihuela, at a recorded elevation of approximately 18 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Las Piscinas-Sector J-1 (2,097 residents in the cited settlement record), La Murada (2,038 residents in the cited settlement record), San Bartolomé (1,831 residents in the cited settlement record), Playa Flamenca II (1,795 residents in the cited settlement record), and Lagosol-Sector F-2 (1,763 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.

The river Segura flows through Orihuela. The city was settled by Romans who called it Orcelis and subsequently Aurariola (Latin: "breeze").

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 365.4 square kilometres for Orihuela municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 236 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

INE records 22.8% of residents aged 65 or over for Orihuela municipality, in period 2023.

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.

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.

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.

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

Colegio de Registradores reports €2,194 per square metre for Alicante province in 2026Q2. This is province context, not a local substitute.

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.

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

The current Catastro building extract records 87,675 dwellings for Orihuela 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 1,972 for Orihuela municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

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

The 2010 onward band contains 871 recorded buildings for Orihuela municipality, representing 3.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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

The current eligible public inventory contains 2 listings for Los Altos. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

The current public inventory is: 1 apartment; 1 villa. 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 €249,000 to €330,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

The difference between the current published minimum of €249,000 and maximum of €330,000 is €81,000. This describes the live mix of listings and is not a market-value estimate.

NLS currently shows 1 eligible public villa for Los Altos, equal to 50.0% of the 2-listing area inventory.

No. The Los Altos 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.