Murcia property and area FAQs

Murcia ( MOOR-see-ə, US also MUR-sh(ee-)ə, Spanish: [ˈmuɾθja] ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, and the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia. It is located on the Segura River, in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. It has a climate with hot summers, mild winters, and relatively low precipitation.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 183 official population nuclei for Murcia. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Murcia, at a recorded elevation of approximately 42 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include El Palmar (22,967 residents in the cited settlement record), El Carmen (20,500 residents in the cited settlement record), Vista Alegre (13,558 residents in the cited settlement record), Espinardo (12,699 residents in the cited settlement record), and Alberca de las Torres (12,684 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.

Murcia was founded by Abd ar-Rahman II, Emir of Cordoba, in 825 with the name Mursiyah (Arabic: مرسية). It is now mainly a services city and a university town. Highlights for visitors include the Cathedral of Murcia and a number of baroque buildings, renowned local cuisine, Holy Week procession, works of art by the famous Murcian sculptor Francisco Salzillo, and the Fiestas de Primavera (Spring Festival).

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 881.9 square kilometres for Murcia municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

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

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

The audited municipality record contains 328 additional named-place records for Murcia municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

Dividing the INE population of 467,316 by the recorded municipal area of 881.9 km² gives approximately 529.9 residents per km² for Murcia municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

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

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 30030 and keeps the province label Murcia. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

Yes. The structured municipality record includes an official website field. NLS treats that as identity context and not as property-market evidence.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 37.9833, -1.1303. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

Murcia 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 sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 43 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 183 official population nuclei for Murcia municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

The official municipality context used for Murcia has INE code 30030. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The latest imported INE population for Murcia municipality is 467,316, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Murcia municipality, recorded population changed by 7.3%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Murcia municipality is €13,906 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 41.3 years for Murcia municipality, for 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.

INE records 16.7% of residents aged 65 or over for Murcia municipality, in period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Murcia municipality, the lowest population value is 435,326 residents in 2015.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 12.3% for Murcia municipality, in period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Murcia municipality changed by 7.3%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The displayed series for Murcia municipality begins at 435,326 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Murcia municipality, the highest population value is 467,316 residents in 2023.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.80 people per household for Murcia municipality, for period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Murcia municipality is 450,756 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

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

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Murcia municipality records €1,378 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €1,575 per square metre for Murcia municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Murcia municipality begins at €1,218 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 Murcia municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €1,575 per m² in 2026Q1.

Within the 12 displayed observations for Murcia municipality, the highest quarterly transaction count value is 1,971 transactions in 2025Q1.

Within the same displayed series for Murcia, Región de, the lowest regional house-price index value is 88.9 index points in 2024Q3.

6,350 of 7,182 recorded transactions inform the published price measures for Murcia municipality, equal to 88.4%.

Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 85.0% of transactions for Murcia municipality.

The page uses 12 published observations for Murcia municipality, running from 2023Q2 to 2026Q1.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed appraised housing value observations for Murcia municipality is €1,355 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The current snapshot contains 7,182 recorded transactions for Murcia municipality. The price sample may be smaller because not every transaction carries a publishable price measure.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional house-price index observations for Murcia, Región de is 100.3 index points. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The latest Registradores province average is €141,910 in 2026Q2 for Murcia. It remains labelled as province-level evidence.

Within the same displayed series for Murcia municipality, the lowest appraised housing value value is €1,194 per m² in 2023Q3.

INE reports a house-price index of 113.2 for Murcia, Región de in 2026Q2. An index is not a euro price per square metre.

The imported Notariado snapshot states a fetch timestamp of 2026-08-03 21:39:29. It is a current snapshot, not a historical quarterly series.

Dirección General del Catastro records 81,685 buildings for Murcia municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 215,936 dwellings for Murcia 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 1,974 for Murcia municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 18 energy certificates for Murcia municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The Before 1950 band contains 10,385 recorded buildings for Murcia municipality, representing 12.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 20,209 recorded buildings for Murcia municipality, representing 24.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Murcia municipality, 11.1% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The 1990–2009 band contains 22,548 recorded buildings for Murcia municipality, representing 27.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 215,936 dwellings across 81,685 buildings for Murcia municipality, or approximately 2.64 dwellings per recorded building.

The 2010 onward band contains 3,575 recorded buildings for Murcia municipality, representing 4.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1950–1969, with 24,787 buildings, or 30.4% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 24,787 recorded buildings for Murcia municipality, representing 30.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 3 listings for Murcia. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

No. The Murcia 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.