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El Oso, Ávila property and area FAQs
El Oso is a municipality (pop. 229) in the Spanish province of Ávila, in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. The village takes its name (which means "the bear") from a megalithic monument outside the church. The monument in question may not have been intended to represent a bear. It is classed as a Verraco, a type of prehistoric monument found in central Spain, which shares its name with the Spanish word for a boar. Local legend identifies this example as a bear.
Place and geography
What is El Oso like?
El Oso is a municipality (pop. 229) in the Spanish province of Ávila, in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon.
How is El Oso organised into official settlements?
The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 1 official population nucleus for El Oso. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is El Oso, at a recorded elevation of approximately 898 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.
What further factual context is available for El Oso?
The village takes its name (which means "the bear") from a megalithic monument outside the church. The monument in question may not have been intended to represent a bear. It is classed as a Verraco, a type of prehistoric monument found in central Spain, which shares its name with the Spanish word for a boar. Local legend identifies this example as a bear.
What is the recorded municipal area for El Oso?
The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 18.0 square kilometres for El Oso municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.
What does the sourced record show about named places within El Oso?
The audited municipality record contains 0 additional named-place records for El Oso municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.
What geographic level does the El Oso page cover?
El Oso 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.
Where is El Oso?
El Oso is an official municipality in Ávila province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.
What is the official INE code used for El Oso?
The official municipality context used for El Oso has INE code 05175. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.
People and households
What is the latest official population shown for El Oso?
The latest imported INE population for El Oso municipality is 129, for period 2023.
How has the recorded population changed in El Oso?
Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for El Oso municipality, recorded population changed by -25.4%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.
What net income per person is recorded for El Oso?
The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for El Oso municipality is €15,726 net income per person, for period 2023.
What is the recorded average age in El Oso?
INE records an average age of 58.6 years for El Oso municipality, for period 2023.
When does the current population series for El Oso reach its maximum?
Within the 9 displayed observations for El Oso municipality, the highest population value is 175 residents in 2016.
Which published period has the smallest population value for El Oso?
Within the same displayed series for El Oso municipality, the lowest population value is 129 residents in 2023.
What is the average household size in El Oso?
The latest imported INE figure is 1.80 people per household for El Oso municipality, for period 2023.
Property market evidence
What foreign-buyer share is shown for the wider El Oso market?
Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 5.8% for Castilla y León in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.
Where does the published regional foreign-buyer share series for El Oso begin?
The displayed series for Castilla y León begins at 3.6% in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.
When does the current regional foreign-buyer share series for El Oso reach its maximum?
Within the 8 displayed observations for Castilla y León, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 5.8% in 2026Q2.
Which published period has the smallest regional foreign-buyer share value for El Oso?
Within the same displayed series for Castilla y León, the lowest regional foreign-buyer share value is 3.6% in 2024Q3.
Which published period has the smallest quarterly transaction count value for El Oso?
Within the same displayed series for El Oso municipality, the lowest quarterly transaction count value is 0 transactions in 2023Q3.
When was the completed-sale snapshot for El Oso fetched?
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.
How different is the latest regional foreign-buyer share point from the first one shown for El Oso?
From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional foreign-buyer share value for Castilla y León changed by 59.2%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.
Housing stock and registrations
How many cadastral buildings are recorded for El Oso?
Dirección General del Catastro records 315 buildings for El Oso municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.
How many dwellings are recorded for El Oso?
The current Catastro building extract records 161 dwellings for El Oso municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.
What is the average recorded build year in El Oso?
Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,963 for El Oso municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.
How many energy certificates are recorded for El Oso?
The current official administrative extract contains 10 energy certificates for El Oso municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.
How prominent is the 1990–2009 construction band in El Oso?
The 1990–2009 band contains 52 recorded buildings for El Oso municipality, representing 16.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
Which building-age band is largest in El Oso?
The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 112 buildings, or 35.6% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.
How much of the recorded El Oso building stock falls in the Before 1950 band?
The Before 1950 band contains 112 recorded buildings for El Oso municipality, representing 35.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
Current property inventory
How many properties are currently listed in El Oso on NLS?
The current eligible public inventory contains 0 listings for El Oso. 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.