Periana, Málaga property and area FAQs

Periana is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of La Axarquía. The municipality is situated approximately 23 kilometres from Vélez and 48 from the provincial capital of Málaga near the Sierra de Alhama. The natives are called Perianenses and their nickname is Los Manga Anchas or “The Wide-sleeved Ones”.

For Periana, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 17 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Periana, at a recorded elevation of approximately 558 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Mondrón (154 residents in the cited settlement record), Vilo (86 residents in the cited settlement record), La Muela (76 residents in the cited settlement record), Los Marines (73 residents in the cited settlement record), and Guaro (56 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.

During the Andalusian earthquake of 25 December 1884, 57% of houses collapsed completely and the rest suffered very serious damage.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 58.0 square kilometres for Periana municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 17 official population nuclei for Periana municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

Dividing the INE population of 3,389 by the recorded municipal area of 58.0 km² gives approximately 58.4 residents per km² for Periana municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 29079 and keeps the province label Málaga. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

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

The latest imported INE population for Periana municipality is 3,389, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Periana municipality, recorded population changed by 6.5%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Periana municipality is €10,193 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 45.1 years for Periana municipality, for period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Periana municipality, the lowest population value is 3,047 residents in 2018.

INE records 21.8% of residents aged 65 or over for Periana municipality, in period 2023.

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

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Periana municipality records €1,029 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 16.0% for Andalucía in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Andalucía begins at 14.3% 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 Andalucía, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 16.0% in 2026Q2.

From 2023Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed quarterly transaction count value for Periana municipality changed by 140.0%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The displayed series for Andalucía begins at 90.6 index points in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed registered sale-price benchmark value for Málaga province changed by 19.9%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Dirección General del Catastro records 2,488 buildings for Periana municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 2,310 dwellings for Periana 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 1,978 for Periana municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 282 energy certificates for Periana municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The official administrative extract contains 88 active tourism-register entries for Periana municipality, with source update 2026-10-29. It is not an occupancy measure.

The active entries in the imported official register represent 663 registered places for Periana municipality. Registered capacity does not measure actual occupancy.

The Catastro extract records 2,310 dwellings across 2,488 buildings for Periana municipality, or approximately 0.93 dwellings per recorded building.

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