Medellín, Badajoz property and area FAQs

Medellín (pronounced [meðeˈʎin]) is a village in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, notable as both the birthplace of Hernán Cortés in 1485 and the site of the Battle of Medellín, during the Peninsular War. The second-largest city in Colombia, Medellín, was named in honour of the small village as well as Medellín, Veracruz in Mexico, two cities in Argentina, and Medellin, Cebu, in the Philippines.

Medellín’s current IGN settlement record contains 3 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-28. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Medellín, at a recorded elevation of approximately 251 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Yelbes (322 residents in the cited settlement record) and Urbanizacion Quinto Cecilio (59 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 city was named after the Roman general Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, who founded it as a military base for his operations in western Iberia, during the Sertorian War. In Latin, it was called Metellinum. Medellín is well-known because of its cultural heritage, with places like the Roman theatre, the old castle and other archeological sites.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 65.0 square kilometres for Medellín municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

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

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 3 official population nuclei for Medellín municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

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

Medellín 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.

The latest imported INE population for Medellín municipality is 2,237, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Medellín municipality, recorded population changed by -2.7%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Medellín municipality is €12,015 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 44.8 years for Medellín municipality, for period 2023.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.30 people per household for Medellín municipality, for period 2023.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 1.5% for Medellín municipality, in period 2023.

The displayed series for Medellín municipality begins at 2,299 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Medellín municipality records €707 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 2.9% for Extremadura in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Extremadura begins at 1.7% in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Extremadura, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 2.9% in 2026Q2.

Colegio de Registradores reports €893 per square metre for Badajoz in 2026Q2. The comparison retains its published province scope.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed registered sale-price benchmark value for Badajoz province changed by 14.9%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Within the same displayed series for Extremadura, the lowest regional house-price index value is 90.8 index points in 2024Q3.

Dirección General del Catastro records 1,855 buildings for Medellín municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 1,542 dwellings for Medellín 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 1,975 for Medellín municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 54 energy certificates for Medellín municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1990–2009, with 493 buildings, or 26.6% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 487 recorded buildings for Medellín municipality, representing 26.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 280 recorded buildings for Medellín municipality, representing 15.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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