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Meco, Madrid property and area FAQs
Meco is a municipality in the eastern part of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, (Spain). The town is located to the north of the River Henares, in the comarca of La Campiña del Henares, and also in one of the two natural sub-comarcas that make up the Comarca de Alcalá, La Campiña del Henares, characterized by vast grain fields and gentle hills. It is 8 km to the north of the metropolitan area of Alcalá de Henares and 4 km from the University of Alcalá. It provides residences for the university and also is part of the Henares Industrial Corridor.
Place and geography
What does the local overview record about Meco?
Meco is a municipality in the eastern part of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, (Spain).
How is Meco organised into official settlements?
Meco’s current IGN settlement record contains 2 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Meco, at a recorded elevation of approximately 659 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.
What further factual context is available for Meco?
The town is located to the north of the River Henares, in the comarca of La Campiña del Henares, and also in one of the two natural sub-comarcas that make up the Comarca de Alcalá, La Campiña del Henares, characterized by vast grain fields and gentle hills. It is 8 km to the north of the metropolitan area of Alcalá de Henares and 4 km from the University of Alcalá. It provides residences for the university and also is part of the Henares Industrial Corridor.
What is the recorded municipal area for Meco?
The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 35.1 square kilometres for Meco municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.
Is Meco an official municipality or a property-search area?
Meco 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.
Where is Meco?
Meco is an official municipality in Madrid province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.
What is the official INE code used for Meco?
The official municipality context used for Meco has INE code 28083. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.
What reference coordinate is recorded for Meco?
The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 40.5539, -3.3261. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.
How does NLS avoid mixing Meco with similarly named places?
NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 28083 and keeps the province label Madrid. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.
What elevation is recorded for Meco?
The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 673 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 Meco?
The latest imported INE population for Meco municipality is 15,652, for period 2023.
How has the recorded population changed in Meco?
Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Meco municipality, recorded population changed by 18.0%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.
What net income per person is recorded for Meco?
The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Meco municipality is €16,076 net income per person, for period 2023.
What is the recorded average age in Meco?
INE records an average age of 38.6 years for Meco municipality, for period 2023.
How different is the latest population point from the first one shown for Meco?
From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Meco municipality changed by 18.0%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.
When does the current population series for Meco reach its maximum?
Within the 9 displayed observations for Meco municipality, the highest population value is 15,652 residents in 2023.
What period span does the displayed population evidence cover for Meco?
The page uses 9 published observations for Meco municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.
What share of residents in Meco is aged 65 or over?
INE records 9.9% of residents aged 65 or over for Meco municipality, in period 2023.
What does the first available population point show for Meco?
The displayed series for Meco municipality begins at 13,264 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.
What share of residents in Meco is recorded as non-Spanish?
The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 13.1% for Meco municipality, in period 2023.
Property market evidence
What is the latest official sold-price snapshot for Meco?
The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Meco municipality records €1,915 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.
What is the recorded average completed sale price in Meco?
The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €269,360 for Meco municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.
What average property surface is reported for completed sales in Meco?
The price-informed transactions in the Notariado snapshot have an average recorded surface of 141 m² for Meco municipality.
How large is the price-informed Notariado sample for Meco?
The published price measures use 153 price-informed sales from 164 total recorded transactions for Meco municipality.
What does the first available regional house-price index point show for Meco?
The displayed series for Madrid, Comunidad de begins at 89.6 index points in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.
How has the regional house-price index changed for the wider Meco market?
At the latest displayed point, the INE house-price index for Madrid, Comunidad de changed by 12.9% year on year. The value describes the region, not an individual municipality or property.
What share of recent transactions is resale housing in Meco?
Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 95.8% of transactions for Meco municipality.
How has the registered sale-price benchmark changed around Meco?
The displayed Registradores series for Madrid province changed by 12.1% year on year at its latest point. This is a province trend, not a forecast for Meco.
Which published period has the largest regional house-price index value for Meco?
Within the 8 displayed observations for Madrid, Comunidad de, the highest regional house-price index value is 111.9 index points in 2026Q2.
Across the shown periods, what does the quarterly transaction count series average for Meco?
The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Meco municipality is 41 transactions. 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 Meco?
Dirección General del Catastro records 3,599 buildings for Meco municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.
How many dwellings are recorded for Meco?
The current Catastro building extract records 5,688 dwellings for Meco municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.
What is the average recorded build year in Meco?
Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,996 for Meco municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.
How many energy certificates are recorded for Meco?
The current official administrative extract contains 1,666 energy certificates for Meco municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.
Which building-age band is largest in Meco?
The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1990–2009, with 2,635 buildings, or 73.2% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.
How much of the recorded Meco building stock falls in the 2010 onward band?
The 2010 onward band contains 378 recorded buildings for Meco municipality, representing 10.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
How prominent is the 1950–1969 construction band in Meco?
The 1950–1969 band contains 115 recorded buildings for Meco municipality, representing 3.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
How much of the recorded Meco building stock falls in the 1970–1989 band?
The 1970–1989 band contains 337 recorded buildings for Meco municipality, representing 9.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
How prominent is the Before 1950 construction band in Meco?
The Before 1950 band contains 134 recorded buildings for Meco municipality, representing 3.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
Current property inventory
How many properties are currently listed in Meco on NLS?
The current eligible public inventory contains 0 listings for Meco. 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.