Ourense property and area FAQs

Ourense (Galician: [owˈɾɛnsɪ]); Spanish: Orense ([oˈɾense] ) is a city and the capital of the province of Ourense, located in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwestern Spain. It is on the Camino Sanabrés path of the Way of St James (Camino de Santiago), and is crossed by the Miño, Barbaña, Loña and Barbañica rivers. It is also known as A cidade das Burgas (in Galician) due to its hot springs, being one of the European cities with the greatest thermal heritage.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 77 official population nuclei for Ourense. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Ourense, at a recorded elevation of approximately 131 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Seixalbo (857 residents in the cited settlement record), Rairo (467 residents in the cited settlement record), Cudeiro (356 residents in the cited settlement record), Velle (329 residents in the cited settlement record), and Untes (197 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 85.2 square kilometres for Ourense municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 145 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 32054 and keeps the province label Ourense. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

Ourense is shown within Ourense province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

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

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

The audited municipality record contains 74 additional named-place records for Ourense municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 77 official population nuclei for Ourense municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 42.3356, -7.8641. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The official municipality context used for Ourense has INE code 32054. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

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

Dividing the INE population of 103,495 by the recorded municipal area of 85.2 km² gives approximately 1,214.7 residents per km² for Ourense municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The latest imported INE population for Ourense municipality is 103,495, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Ourense municipality, recorded population changed by -1.1%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Ourense municipality is €15,203 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 47.5 years for Ourense municipality, for period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Ourense municipality, the lowest population value is 102,345 residents in 2021.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Ourense municipality, the highest population value is 104,682 residents in 2015.

INE records 26.5% of residents aged 65 or over for Ourense municipality, in period 2023.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 8.2% for Ourense municipality, in period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Ourense municipality changed by -1.1%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

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

The latest imported INE figure is 2.20 people per household for Ourense municipality, for period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Ourense municipality is 103,731 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

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 displayed series for Ourense municipality begins at 104,682 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Ourense municipality records €1,284 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €1,602 per square metre for Ourense municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Ourense municipality begins at €1,291 per m² in 2023Q2. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 12 displayed observations for Ourense municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €1,602 per m² in 2026Q1.

The displayed series for Ourense municipality begins at 284 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The displayed series for Galicia begins at 90.2 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 Ourense province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €946 per m² in 2024Q3.

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

The displayed Registradores series for Ourense province changed by 7.9% year on year at its latest point. This is a province trend, not a forecast for Ourense.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional house-price index value for Galicia changed by 24.0%. 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 Ourense municipality is 316 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €135,823 for Ourense municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.

Within the same displayed series for Ourense municipality, the lowest appraised housing value value is €1,216 per m² in 2023Q4.

Within the same displayed series for Ourense municipality, the lowest quarterly transaction count value is 275 transactions in 2024Q1.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed registered sale-price benchmark value for Ourense province changed by 18.8%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The page uses 12 published observations for Ourense municipality, running from 2023Q3 to 2026Q2.

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.

From 2023Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed quarterly transaction count value for Ourense municipality changed by 1.8%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Galicia, the highest regional house-price index value is 111.8 index points in 2026Q2.

The published price measures use 960 price-informed sales from 1,204 total recorded transactions for Ourense municipality.

Dirección General del Catastro records 19,799 buildings for Ourense municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 66,726 dwellings for Ourense 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 1,960 for Ourense municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 5,423 buildings, or 28.3% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 521 recorded buildings for Ourense municipality, representing 2.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 5,387 recorded buildings for Ourense municipality, representing 28.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 5,423 recorded buildings for Ourense municipality, representing 28.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 66,726 dwellings across 19,799 buildings for Ourense municipality, or approximately 3.37 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1950–1969 band contains 4,065 recorded buildings for Ourense municipality, representing 21.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 3,769 recorded buildings for Ourense municipality, representing 19.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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