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Melón, Ourense property and area FAQs
Melón is a municipality in the province of Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of O Ribeiro. The official INE register places Melón in Ourense province under municipality code 32046. The linked structured record provides a recorded municipal area of 53.22 square kilometres and a reference coordinate of 42.2575, -8.2172. The coordinate is a municipal reference point, not a property, parcel boundary or radius from which local claims are inferred.
Place and geography
What kind of place is Melón?
Melón is a municipality in the province of Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of O Ribeiro.
What does the official settlement record show for Melón?
For Melón, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 25 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Melón, at a recorded elevation of approximately 459 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Quins (199 residents in the cited settlement record), A Ibia (87 residents in the cited settlement record), Covelo (73 residents in the cited settlement record), Barcia (65 residents in the cited settlement record), and Penavaqueira (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.
What is the recorded municipal area for Melón?
The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 53.2 square kilometres for Melón municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.
What elevation is recorded for Melón?
The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 456 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.
How does NLS avoid mixing Melón with similarly named places?
NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 32046 and keeps the province label Ourense. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.
Where is Melón?
Melón is an official municipality in Ourense province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.
What is the approximate municipal population density for Melón?
Dividing the INE population of 1,063 by the recorded municipal area of 53.2 km² gives approximately 20.0 residents per km² for Melón municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.
Does Melón have a linked official website?
Yes. The structured municipality record includes an official website field. NLS treats that as identity context and not as property-market evidence.
People and households
What is the latest official population shown for Melón?
The latest imported INE population for Melón municipality is 1,063, for period 2023.
How has the recorded population changed in Melón?
Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Melón municipality, recorded population changed by -15.1%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.
What net income per person is recorded for Melón?
The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Melón municipality is €12,959 net income per person, for period 2023.
What is the recorded average age in Melón?
INE records an average age of 58.1 years for Melón municipality, for period 2023.
How extensive is the current population series used for Melón?
The page uses 9 published observations for Melón municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.
Where does the published population series for Melón begin?
The displayed series for Melón municipality begins at 1,252 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.
What is the highest displayed population point relevant to Melón?
Within the 9 displayed observations for Melón municipality, the highest population value is 1,252 residents in 2015.
Property market evidence
What is the latest official sold-price snapshot for Melón?
The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Melón municipality records €207 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.
What foreign-buyer share is shown for the wider Melón market?
Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 4.1% for Galicia in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.
What is the earliest displayed Melón regional foreign-buyer share observation?
The displayed series for Galicia begins at 2.2% in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.
What is the highest displayed regional foreign-buyer share point relevant to Melón?
Within the 8 displayed observations for Galicia, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 4.1% in 2026Q2.
Where does the published quarterly transaction count series for Melón begin?
The displayed series for Melón municipality begins at 2 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.
How many transactions are in the Notariado snapshot for Melón?
The current snapshot contains 11 recorded transactions for Melón municipality. The price sample may be smaller because not every transaction carries a publishable price measure.
What average property surface is reported for completed sales in Melón?
The price-informed transactions in the Notariado snapshot have an average recorded surface of 235 m² for Melón municipality.
Housing stock and registrations
How many cadastral buildings are recorded for Melón?
Dirección General del Catastro records 2,422 buildings for Melón municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.
How many dwellings are recorded for Melón?
The current Catastro building extract records 2,043 dwellings for Melón municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.
What is the average recorded build year in Melón?
Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,942 for Melón municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.
Which building-age band is largest in Melón?
The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 1,313 buildings, or 54.3% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.
How much of the recorded Melón building stock falls in the 1950–1969 band?
The 1950–1969 band contains 206 recorded buildings for Melón municipality, representing 8.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
How prominent is the 2010 onward construction band in Melón?
The 2010 onward band contains 26 recorded buildings for Melón municipality, representing 1.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
How do recorded dwellings compare with cadastral buildings in Melón?
The Catastro extract records 2,043 dwellings across 2,422 buildings for Melón municipality, or approximately 0.84 dwellings per recorded building.
Current property inventory
How many properties are currently listed in Melón on NLS?
The current eligible public inventory contains 0 listings for Melón. 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.