Ortigueira, A Coruña property and area FAQs

Ortigueira is a seaport and municipality in the province of A Coruña the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Ortegal. It is located on the northern slope of the Serra da Faladoira, the river Mera and on the eastern shore of the Ria de Santa Marta—a winding, rock-bound and much indented inlet of the Bay of Biscay, between Capes Ortegal and Bares, the northernmost headlands of the Peninsula. The town is noted for its romantic surroundings and sea bathing opportunities.

For Ortigueira, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 32 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-28. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Ortigueira, at a recorded elevation of approximately 9 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Santa María (370 residents in the cited settlement record), O Porto de Espasante (355 residents in the cited settlement record), Veiga (300 residents in the cited settlement record), O Nogueirido (266 residents in the cited settlement record), and Santa Ana (239 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.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 209.6 square kilometres for Ortigueira municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 58 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Ortigueira 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 linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 43.6831, -7.8500. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

Dividing the INE population of 5,433 by the recorded municipal area of 209.6 km² gives approximately 25.9 residents per km² for Ortigueira municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The audited municipality record contains 655 additional named-place records for Ortigueira municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

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

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

The latest imported INE population for Ortigueira municipality is 5,433, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Ortigueira municipality, recorded population changed by -12.8%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Ortigueira municipality is €13,660 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 54.7 years for Ortigueira municipality, for period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Ortigueira municipality changed by -12.8%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

INE records 38.1% of residents aged 65 or over for Ortigueira municipality, in period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Ortigueira municipality is 5,761 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Within the same displayed series for Ortigueira municipality, the lowest population value is 5,433 residents in 2023.

The displayed series for Ortigueira municipality begins at 6,227 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

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

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Ortigueira municipality records €631 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

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

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.

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

Within the 8 displayed observations for A Coruña province, the highest registered sale-price benchmark value is €1,767 per m² in 2026Q2.

The current snapshot contains 156 recorded transactions for Ortigueira municipality. The price sample may be smaller because not every transaction carries a publishable price measure.

From 2023Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed quarterly transaction count value for Ortigueira municipality changed by 33.3%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Within the same displayed series for Galicia, the lowest regional foreign-buyer share value is 2.2% in 2024Q4.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed registered sale-price benchmark observations for A Coruña province is €1,616 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

115 of 156 recorded transactions inform the published price measures for Ortigueira municipality, equal to 73.7%.

Dirección General del Catastro records 6,027 buildings for Ortigueira municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 5,860 dwellings for Ortigueira 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 1,933 for Ortigueira municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 3,277 buildings, or 54.8% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 700 recorded buildings for Ortigueira municipality, representing 11.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 124 recorded buildings for Ortigueira municipality, representing 2.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 676 recorded buildings for Ortigueira municipality, representing 11.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 1,203 recorded buildings for Ortigueira municipality, representing 20.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 5,860 dwellings across 6,027 buildings for Ortigueira municipality, or approximately 0.97 dwellings per recorded building.

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