Orio, Gipuzkoa property and area FAQs

Orio is a fishing town located in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community, northern Spain, with the town nucleus lying on the river Oria, roughly one mile away from its mouth by the Bay of Biscay.

For Orio, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 1 official population nucleus. The imported source records are dated through 2025-12-03. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Orio, at a recorded elevation of approximately 3 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

Traditionally a town attached to the sea and the fishing industry, this sector is losing ground to the more profitable and less demanding tourism, rapidly developing after marshes between the town and the beach were drained with a view to building up new tourist oriented housing. The most widely known and conspicuous sport activity in Orio is the rowing regatta typical of the Basque and Cantabric coastal area, featuring a team represented by the yellow colour.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 9.8 square kilometres for Orio municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The audited municipality record contains 39 additional named-place records for Orio municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

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

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 43.2760, -2.1273. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The official municipality context used for Orio has INE code 20061. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

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

Orio is in Gipuzkoa province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 1 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Dividing the INE population of 6,131 by the recorded municipal area of 9.8 km² gives approximately 625.0 residents per km² for Orio municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 1 official population nucleus for Orio municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

The latest imported INE population for Orio municipality is 6,131, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Orio municipality, recorded population changed by 5.2%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Orio municipality is €19,348 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 42.8 years for Orio 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.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.50 people per household for Orio municipality, for period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Orio municipality changed by 5.2%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 8.8% for Orio municipality, in period 2023.

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

Within the 9 displayed observations for Orio municipality, the highest population value is 6,131 residents in 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Orio municipality is 6,002 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

INE records 18.4% of residents aged 65 or over for Orio municipality, in period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Orio municipality, the lowest population value is 5,827 residents in 2015.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Orio municipality records €3,790 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 4.7% for País Vasco in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for País Vasco begins at 3.8% 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 País Vasco, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 4.7% in 2026Q2.

Within the same displayed series for Orio municipality, the lowest quarterly transaction count value is 7 transactions in 2023Q3.

The displayed series for País Vasco begins at 91.0 index points in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the same displayed series for País Vasco, the lowest regional foreign-buyer share value is 3.5% in 2026Q1.

The latest Registradores average is €318,187 in 2026Q2 for Gipuzkoa. It remains labelled as province evidence.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional foreign-buyer share value for País Vasco changed by 22.6%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

From 2023Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed quarterly transaction count value for Orio municipality changed by 42.9%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The price-informed transactions in the Notariado snapshot have an average recorded surface of 93 m² for Orio municipality.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed registered sale-price benchmark value for Gipuzkoa province changed by 13.6%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Orio municipality is 17 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

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