Pontevedra property and area FAQs

Pontevedra is a city in the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. It is the capital of both the Comarca and Province of Pontevedra, and the capital of the Rías Baixas. It is also the capital of its own municipality which is often considered an extension of the actual city.

Pontevedra’s current IGN settlement record contains 111 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-12-04. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Pontevedra, at a recorded elevation of approximately 17 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Estribela (1,121 residents in the cited settlement record), A Ponte (480 residents in the cited settlement record), Lusquiños (415 residents in the cited settlement record), Casas Novas (338 residents in the cited settlement record), and Os Praceres (304 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 city is best known for its urban planning, pedestrianisation and the charm of its old town. Between 2013 and 2020, the city received numerous awards for its urban planning, like the international European Intermodes Urban Mobility Award in 2013, the 2014 Dubai International Best Practices Award for Sustainable Development awarded by UN-Habitat in partnership with Dubai Municipality and the Excellence Award of the center for Active Design in New York City in 2015, among others. The city also won the European Commission's first prize for urban safety in 2020.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 118.0 square kilometres for Pontevedra municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 42.4336, -8.6475. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

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

The audited municipality record contains 155 additional named-place records for Pontevedra municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

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

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 111 official population nuclei for Pontevedra municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 24 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Pontevedra 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 Pontevedra has INE code 36038. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

Pontevedra is in Pontevedra province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

The latest imported INE population for Pontevedra municipality is 82,698, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Pontevedra municipality, recorded population changed by 0.8%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Pontevedra municipality is €15,483 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 45.6 years for Pontevedra municipality, for period 2023.

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

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Pontevedra municipality changed by 0.8%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Within the same displayed series for Pontevedra municipality, the lowest population value is 81,970 residents in 2016.

INE records 22.8% of residents aged 65 or over for Pontevedra municipality, in 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.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Pontevedra municipality, the highest population value is 82,716 residents in 2019.

The displayed series for Pontevedra municipality begins at 82,069 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.40 people per household for Pontevedra municipality, for period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Pontevedra municipality records €1,750 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €2,084 per square metre for Pontevedra municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Pontevedra municipality begins at €1,408 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 Pontevedra municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €2,084 per m² in 2026Q1.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed appraised housing value observations for Pontevedra municipality is €1,664 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional house-price index value for Galicia changed by 24.0%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The published price measures use 578 price-informed sales from 722 total recorded transactions for Pontevedra municipality.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional foreign-buyer share observations for Galicia is 2.7%. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Within the same displayed series for Pontevedra municipality, the lowest quarterly transaction count value is 129 transactions in 2023Q4.

Within the 12 displayed observations for Pontevedra municipality, the highest quarterly transaction count value is 324 transactions in 2024Q4.

Within the same displayed series for Galicia, the lowest regional foreign-buyer share value is 2.2% in 2024Q4.

The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €199,781 for Pontevedra municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.

Dirección General del Catastro records 15,467 buildings for Pontevedra municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 41,901 dwellings for Pontevedra 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 1,965 for Pontevedra municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 1 energy certificates for Pontevedra municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

Among the imported certificates for Pontevedra municipality, 0.0% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The 1950–1969 band contains 2,707 recorded buildings for Pontevedra municipality, representing 17.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 882 recorded buildings for Pontevedra municipality, representing 5.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 4,258 buildings, or 27.6% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 3,438 recorded buildings for Pontevedra municipality, representing 22.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 41,901 dwellings across 15,467 buildings for Pontevedra municipality, or approximately 2.71 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1970–1989 band contains 4,258 recorded buildings for Pontevedra municipality, representing 27.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 4,138 recorded buildings for Pontevedra municipality, representing 26.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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