Pétrola, Albacete property and area FAQs

Pétrola is a municipality in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It is 35 km from Albacete, capital of the province. The town's name comes from the ancient Roman word "petra", meaning 'stone'.

For Pétrola, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 2 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-22. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Pétrola, at a recorded elevation of approximately 869 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Las Anorias (122 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 73.6 square kilometres for Pétrola municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 890 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 2 official population nuclei for Pétrola municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

Pétrola 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.

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

The official municipality context used for Pétrola has INE code 02061. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The latest imported INE population for Pétrola municipality is 665, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Pétrola municipality, recorded population changed by -8.0%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Pétrola municipality is €13,128 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 53.7 years for Pétrola municipality, for period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Pétrola municipality is 687 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 5.9% for Pétrola municipality, in period 2023.

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

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Pétrola municipality records €423 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 8.5% for Castilla - La Mancha in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Castilla - La Mancha begins at 5.5% 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 Castilla - La Mancha, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 8.5% in 2026Q2.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Albacete province, the highest registered sale-price benchmark value is €1,055 per m² in 2026Q2.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional house-price index observations for Castilla - La Mancha is 100.0 index points. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Within the 12 displayed observations for Pétrola municipality, the highest quarterly transaction count value is 3 transactions in 2024Q4.

Dirección General del Catastro records 941 buildings for Pétrola municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 659 dwellings for Pétrola 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 1,942 for Pétrola municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 31 energy certificates for Pétrola municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 1950–1969 band contains 77 recorded buildings for Pétrola municipality, representing 8.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 526 buildings, or 56.3% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 205 recorded buildings for Pétrola municipality, representing 21.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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