Oviedo, Asturias property and area FAQs

Oviedo , officially known by the bilingual name Oviedo / Uviéu (Asturian: [uˈβjew], locally Uvieo [uˈβje.o]) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain, and the administrative and commercial centre of the region.

Oviedo’s current IGN settlement record contains 121 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Oviedo/Uviéu, at a recorded elevation of approximately 235 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include La Corredoria (14,191 residents in the cited settlement record), Colloto/Cualloto (3,386 residents in the cited settlement record), La Fábrica (1,168 residents in the cited settlement record), Llamascura (737 residents in the cited settlement record), and San Roque (673 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.

Oviedo is located approximately 24 km (15 mi) southwest of Gijón and 23 km (14 mi) southeast of Avilés, both of which lie on the shoreline of the Bay of Biscay. Oviedo's proximity to the ocean of less than 30 kilometres (19 mi) in combination with its elevated position with areas of the city more than 300 metres above sea level causes the city to have a maritime climate.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 186.7 square kilometres for Oviedo municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 43.3625, -5.8503. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 33044 and keeps the province label Asturias. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

Oviedo 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.

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

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

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 121 official population nuclei for Oviedo municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

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

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

The audited municipality record contains 189 additional named-place records for Oviedo municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The official municipality context used for Oviedo has INE code 33044. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

Dividing the INE population of 218,108 by the recorded municipal area of 186.7 km² gives approximately 1,168.5 residents per km² for Oviedo municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 241 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The latest imported INE population for Oviedo municipality is 218,108, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Oviedo municipality, recorded population changed by -0.1%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Oviedo municipality is €16,926 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 47.2 years for Oviedo municipality, for period 2023.

INE records 25.4% of residents aged 65 or over for Oviedo municipality, in period 2023.

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

Within the same displayed series for Oviedo municipality, the lowest population value is 213,106 residents in 2021.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 8.4% for Oviedo municipality, in period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Oviedo municipality changed by -0.1%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The displayed series for Oviedo municipality begins at 218,373 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Oviedo municipality, the highest population value is 218,373 residents in 2015.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.20 people per household for Oviedo 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 simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Oviedo municipality is 216,863 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Oviedo municipality records €1,692 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €2,082 per square metre for Oviedo municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Oviedo municipality begins at €1,515 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 Oviedo municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €2,082 per m² in 2026Q1.

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

Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 90.0% of transactions for Oviedo municipality.

The displayed series for Oviedo municipality begins at 750 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Asturias, Principado de, the highest regional house-price index value is 114.0 index points in 2026Q2.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Oviedo municipality is 899 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Within the same displayed series for Asturias, Principado de, the lowest regional house-price index value is 89.3 index points in 2024Q3.

The displayed series for Asturias province begins at €1,335 per m² in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €165,898 for Oviedo municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.

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

The displayed Registradores series for Asturias province changed by 15.7% year on year at its latest point. This is a province trend, not a forecast for Oviedo.

The page uses 12 published observations for Oviedo municipality, running from 2023Q2 to 2026Q1.

The current snapshot contains 3,529 recorded transactions for Oviedo municipality. The price sample may be smaller because not every transaction carries a publishable price measure.

Within the 12 displayed observations for Oviedo municipality, the highest quarterly transaction count value is 1,048 transactions in 2025Q4.

Dirección General del Catastro records 18,493 buildings for Oviedo municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 125,103 dwellings for Oviedo 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 1,953 for Oviedo municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 16,570 energy certificates for Oviedo municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 1970–1989 band contains 3,152 recorded buildings for Oviedo municipality, representing 17.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 6,729 buildings, or 36.7% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 125,103 dwellings across 18,493 buildings for Oviedo municipality, or approximately 6.76 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1950–1969 band contains 4,074 recorded buildings for Oviedo municipality, representing 22.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 3,710 recorded buildings for Oviedo municipality, representing 20.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Oviedo municipality, 4.5% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The Before 1950 band contains 6,729 recorded buildings for Oviedo municipality, representing 36.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 668 recorded buildings for Oviedo municipality, representing 3.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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