Ponferrada, León property and area FAQs

Ponferrada is a city of Spain, located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Ponferrada, the second most populated municipality of the Province of León, is also the capital city of El Bierzo, the only comarca recognized as an administrative entity by law in the region.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 38 official population nuclei for Ponferrada. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Ponferrada, at a recorded elevation of approximately 543 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

Surrounded by mountains, the city straddles the course of the Sil River. It is the last major town on the French route of the Camino de Santiago before it reaches Santiago de Compostela.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 283.2 square kilometres for Ponferrada municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 38 official population nuclei for Ponferrada municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 42.5461, -6.5908. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

Dividing the INE population of 62,798 by the recorded municipal area of 283.2 km² gives approximately 221.8 residents per km² for Ponferrada municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The stated official-data scope is Ponferrada 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 2 additional named-place records for Ponferrada municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

Ponferrada 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 official municipality context used for Ponferrada has INE code 24115. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 512 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 24115 and keeps the province label León. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The latest imported INE population for Ponferrada municipality is 62,798, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Ponferrada municipality, recorded population changed by -5.0%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Ponferrada municipality is €14,473 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 48.0 years for Ponferrada municipality, for period 2023.

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

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 5.1% for Ponferrada municipality, in period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Ponferrada municipality is 64,144 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

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

Within the same displayed series for Ponferrada municipality, the lowest population value is 62,750 residents in 2022.

The displayed series for Ponferrada municipality begins at 66,123 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

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

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Ponferrada municipality changed by -5.0%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Ponferrada municipality records €884 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €922 per square metre for Ponferrada municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Ponferrada municipality begins at €790 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 Ponferrada municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €922 per m² in 2026Q1.

From 2023Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed quarterly transaction count value for Ponferrada municipality changed by 8.9%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

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

The imported Notariado snapshot states a fetch timestamp of 2026-08-03 21:39:29. It is a current snapshot, not a historical quarterly series.

Within the same displayed series for Ponferrada municipality, the lowest appraised housing value value is €783 per m² in 2023Q3.

The price-informed transactions in the Notariado snapshot have an average recorded surface of 98 m² for Ponferrada municipality.

Within the same displayed series for León province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €913 per m² in 2025Q1.

At the latest displayed point, the INE house-price index for Castilla y León changed by 14.8% year on year. The value describes the region, not an individual municipality or property.

The displayed series for Ponferrada municipality begins at 191 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Dirección General del Catastro records 16,745 buildings for Ponferrada municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 40,245 dwellings for Ponferrada 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 1,957 for Ponferrada municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 5,868 energy certificates for Ponferrada municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 4,298 buildings, or 26.1% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 3,973 recorded buildings for Ponferrada municipality, representing 24.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 3,825 recorded buildings for Ponferrada municipality, representing 23.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Ponferrada municipality, 7.4% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The 1990–2009 band contains 3,918 recorded buildings for Ponferrada municipality, representing 23.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 480 recorded buildings for Ponferrada municipality, representing 2.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 40,245 dwellings across 16,745 buildings for Ponferrada municipality, or approximately 2.40 dwellings per recorded building.

The Before 1950 band contains 4,298 recorded buildings for Ponferrada municipality, representing 26.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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