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Oia, Pontevedra property and area FAQs

Oia (in Spanish 'Oya') is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra in the autonomous community of Galicia, in Spain. It is situated in the comarca of Bajo Miño. The Royal Monastery of Santa María de Oia is located in Oia. Oia is an official municipality of Pontevedra province, identified by INE code 36036. The linked structured record provides a recorded municipal area of 48 square kilometres and a reference coordinate of 42.0325, -8.8442. The coordinate is a municipal reference point, not a property, parcel boundary or radius from which local claims are inferred.

Place and geography

What does the local overview record about Oia?

Oia (in Spanish 'Oya') is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra in the autonomous community of Galicia, in Spain. It is situated in the comarca of Bajo Miño. The Royal Monastery of Santa María de Oia is located in Oia.

What does the official settlement record show for Oia?

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 24 official population nuclei for Oia. The imported source records are dated through 2025-12-04. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is O Arrabal, at a recorded elevation of approximately 47 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include A Riña (304 residents in the cited settlement record), Pedra Rubia (304 residents in the cited settlement record), O Serrallo (292 residents in the cited settlement record), Pedornes (180 residents in the cited settlement record), and Loureza (134 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 Oia?

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 48.0 square kilometres for Oia municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

What elevation is recorded for Oia?

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 3 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

How many other named localities are recorded for Oia?

The audited municipality record contains 45 additional named-place records for Oia municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

How does NLS avoid mixing Oia with similarly named places?

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 36036 and keeps the province label Pontevedra. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

What population density follows from the published figures for Oia?

Dividing the INE population of 3,063 by the recorded municipal area of 48.0 km² gives approximately 63.8 residents per km² for Oia municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

What geographic level does the Oia page cover?

Oia 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.

People and households

What is the latest official population shown for Oia?

The latest imported INE population for Oia municipality is 3,063, for period 2023.

How has the recorded population changed in Oia?

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Oia municipality, recorded population changed by 1.9%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

What net income per person is recorded for Oia?

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Oia municipality is €13,410 net income per person, for period 2023.

What is the recorded average age in Oia?

INE records an average age of 49.1 years for Oia municipality, for period 2023.

Across the shown periods, what does the population series average for Oia?

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Oia municipality is 3,053 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Which published period has the smallest population value for Oia?

Within the same displayed series for Oia municipality, the lowest population value is 2,998 residents in 2016.

Where does the published population series for Oia begin?

The displayed series for Oia municipality begins at 3,006 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Property market evidence

What is the latest official sold-price snapshot for Oia?

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Oia municipality records €869 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

What foreign-buyer share is shown for the wider Oia market?

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 4.1% for Galicia in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

What does the first available regional foreign-buyer share point show for Oia?

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.

Which published period has the largest regional foreign-buyer share value for Oia?

Within the 8 displayed observations for Galicia, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 4.1% in 2026Q2.

What average property surface is reported for completed sales in Oia?

The price-informed transactions in the Notariado snapshot have an average recorded surface of 193 m² for Oia municipality.

How has the regional house-price index changed for the wider Oia market?

At the latest displayed point, the INE house-price index for Galicia changed by 12.9% year on year. The value describes the region, not an individual municipality or property.

What change separates the first and latest displayed registered sale-price benchmark values for Oia?

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed registered sale-price benchmark value for Pontevedra province changed by 11.7%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Housing stock and registrations

How many cadastral buildings are recorded for Oia?

Dirección General del Catastro records 2,179 buildings for Oia municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

How many dwellings are recorded for Oia?

The current Catastro building extract records 1,174 dwellings for Oia municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.

What is the average recorded build year in Oia?

Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,978 for Oia municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

Which building-age band is largest in Oia?

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1990–2009, with 813 buildings, or 37.3% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

What share of cadastral buildings in Oia is labelled 2010 onward?

The 2010 onward band contains 242 recorded buildings for Oia municipality, representing 11.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

How much of the recorded Oia building stock falls in the 1970–1989 band?

The 1970–1989 band contains 646 recorded buildings for Oia municipality, representing 29.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

How much of the recorded Oia building stock falls in the Before 1950 band?

The Before 1950 band contains 356 recorded buildings for Oia municipality, representing 16.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Current property inventory

How many properties are currently listed in Oia on NLS?

The current eligible public inventory contains 0 listings for Oia. 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.