Petrer, Alicante property and area FAQs

Petrer, in Valencian (known in Spanish as Petrel), is a town and municipality located in the comarca of Vinalopó Mitjà, in the province of Alicante of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain.

For Petrer, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 4 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Petrer, at a recorded elevation of approximately 434 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Salinetes (1,920 residents in the cited settlement record), l'Almafrà (1,575 residents in the cited settlement record), and Urbanització Lloma Badada (926 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 creek Rambla dels Molins (Riverbed of the Mills), a tributary of the river Vinalopó, runs through the urban area of Petrer.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 104.3 square kilometres for Petrer municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 4 official population nuclei for Petrer municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

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

The audited municipality record contains 14 additional named-place records for Petrer municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

Dividing the INE population of 33,940 by the recorded municipal area of 104.3 km² gives approximately 325.5 residents per km² for Petrer municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 03104 and keeps the province label Alicante. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 38.4845, -0.7696. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

Petrer 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.

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

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 465 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The latest imported INE population for Petrer municipality is 33,940, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Petrer municipality, recorded population changed by -1.4%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Petrer municipality is €11,815 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 43.4 years for Petrer municipality, for period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Petrer municipality changed by -1.4%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The population figure uses INE period 2023. The page shows the period beside the value so it is not mistaken for a live counter.

INE records 18.7% of residents aged 65 or over for Petrer municipality, in period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Petrer municipality is 34,127 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

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

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 3.9% for Petrer municipality, in period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Petrer municipality, the highest population value is 34,423 residents in 2015.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.50 people per household for Petrer municipality, for period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Petrer municipality records €988 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €1,114 per square metre for Petrer municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Petrer municipality begins at €719 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 Petrer municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €1,114 per m² in 2026Q1.

The displayed series for Comunitat Valenciana begins at 28.5% in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

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

The latest Registradores province average is €202,776 in 2026Q2 for Alicante. It remains labelled as province-level evidence.

Within the same displayed series for Alicante province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €1,813 per m² in 2024Q3.

INE reports a house-price index of 111.7 for Comunitat Valenciana in 2026Q2. An index is not a euro price per square metre.

The displayed series for Alicante province begins at €1,813 per m² 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 Alicante province, the highest registered sale-price benchmark value is €2,194 per m² in 2026Q2.

The published price measures use 358 price-informed sales from 390 total recorded transactions for Petrer municipality.

Dirección General del Catastro records 6,250 buildings for Petrer municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 16,239 dwellings for Petrer 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 1,968 for Petrer municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 3,381 energy certificates for Petrer municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 1950–1969 band contains 1,897 recorded buildings for Petrer municipality, representing 30.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 16,239 dwellings across 6,250 buildings for Petrer municipality, or approximately 2.60 dwellings per recorded building.

Among the imported certificates for Petrer municipality, 5.5% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The Before 1950 band contains 937 recorded buildings for Petrer municipality, representing 15.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 142 recorded buildings for Petrer municipality, representing 2.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 2,099 buildings, or 33.8% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 2,099 recorded buildings for Petrer municipality, representing 33.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 1,134 recorded buildings for Petrer municipality, representing 18.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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