Orba, Alicante property and area FAQs

Orba is a small town and municipality in the comarca of Marina Alta in the Valencian Community, Spain.

For Orba, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 9 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Orba, at a recorded elevation of approximately 154 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include l'Aspre (445 residents in the cited settlement record), Carrers d'Orbeta (136 residents in the cited settlement record), el Capçó (126 residents in the cited settlement record), Urbanització La Plana (124 residents in the cited settlement record), and Palmeria (105 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.

It is situated in the River Gerona valley and is bordered by Pego to the north; Benidoleig and Ondara to the north-east; Xaló and Pedreguer to the east and Parcent and Alcalalí to the south.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 17.7 square kilometres for Orba municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

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

The official municipality context used for Orba has INE code 03097. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 154 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 03097 and keeps the province label Alicante. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The latest imported INE population for Orba municipality is 2,413, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Orba municipality, recorded population changed by 14.2%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Orba municipality is €12,254 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 52.5 years for Orba municipality, for period 2023.

INE records 37.1% of residents aged 65 or over for Orba municipality, in period 2023.

The displayed series for Orba municipality begins at 2,113 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Orba municipality changed by 14.2%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Orba municipality records €2,290 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 31.0% for Comunitat Valenciana in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Comunitat Valenciana begins at 28.5% 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 Comunitat Valenciana, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 31.0% in 2026Q2.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional foreign-buyer share value for Comunitat Valenciana changed by 9.1%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The displayed series for Alicante province begins at €1,813 per m² in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The page uses 8 published observations for Alicante province, running from 2024Q3 to 2026Q2.

Dirección General del Catastro records 1,751 buildings for Orba municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 1,760 dwellings for Orba 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 1,973 for Orba municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 544 energy certificates for Orba municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

Among the imported certificates for Orba municipality, 6.6% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 737 buildings, or 42.2% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 497 recorded buildings for Orba municipality, representing 28.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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