Manresa, Barcelona property and area FAQs

Manresa is the capital of Bages county, located in the central region of Catalonia.

For Manresa, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 17 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-12-03. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Manresa, at a recorded elevation of approximately 246 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Sant Pau (408 residents in the cited settlement record), els Comtals (245 residents in the cited settlement record), Viladordis (155 residents in the cited settlement record), el Guix (131 residents in the cited settlement record), and Bellavista (96 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.

Crossed by the river Cardener, it is located in an industrial area with textile, metallurgical, and glass industries. The houses of Manresa are arranged around the basilica of Santa Maria de la Seu. Ignatius of Loyola stopped to pray in the town on his way back from Montserrat in 1522. He also read in solitude in a cave near the town for a year, which contributed to the formulation of his Spiritual Exercises. The town is a place of pilgrimage for Catholics.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 41.6 square kilometres for Manresa municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The official municipality context used for Manresa has INE code 08113. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The audited municipality record contains 36 additional named-place records for Manresa municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

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

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 08113 and keeps the province label Barcelona. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

Manresa 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.

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

Dividing the INE population of 78,985 by the recorded municipal area of 41.6 km² gives approximately 1,898.7 residents per km² for Manresa municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 17 official population nuclei for Manresa municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 41.7264, 1.8292. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The latest imported INE population for Manresa municipality is 78,985, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Manresa municipality, recorded population changed by 6.6%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Manresa municipality is €15,099 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 43.0 years for Manresa municipality, for period 2023.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.50 people per household for Manresa municipality, for period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Manresa municipality changed by 6.6%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

INE records 20.3% of residents aged 65 or over for Manresa municipality, in period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Manresa municipality is 76,506 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

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

The displayed series for Manresa municipality begins at 74,107 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 20.3% for Manresa 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.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Manresa municipality, the highest population value is 78,985 residents in 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Manresa municipality records €1,394 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €1,554 per square metre for Manresa municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Manresa municipality begins at €1,184 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 Manresa municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €1,554 per m² in 2026Q1.

The displayed series for Barcelona province begins at €2,886 per m² in 2024Q3. 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 foreign-buyer share observations for Cataluña is 16.1%. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Colegio de Registradores reports €3,234 per square metre for Barcelona in 2026Q2. The comparison retains its published province scope.

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

The page displays 12 quarterly MITMA observations for Manresa municipality, up to the latest published period in the chart.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed registered sale-price benchmark observations for Barcelona province is €3,037 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Within the same displayed series for Barcelona province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €2,886 per m² in 2024Q3.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional foreign-buyer share value for Cataluña changed by 5.0%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

1,111 of 1,230 recorded transactions inform the published price measures for Manresa municipality, equal to 90.3%.

Dirección General del Catastro records 9,603 buildings for Manresa municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 34,099 dwellings for Manresa 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 1,956 for Manresa municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1950–1969, with 2,629 buildings, or 27.6% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 2,629 recorded buildings for Manresa municipality, representing 27.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 156 recorded buildings for Manresa municipality, representing 1.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 2,328 recorded buildings for Manresa municipality, representing 24.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 2,581 recorded buildings for Manresa municipality, representing 27.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 34,099 dwellings across 9,603 buildings for Manresa municipality, or approximately 3.55 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1990–2009 band contains 1,827 recorded buildings for Manresa municipality, representing 19.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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