Porqueira, Ourense property and area FAQs

Porqueira is a municipality in the province of Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of A Limia.

Porqueira’s current IGN settlement record contains 15 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Forxa, at a recorded elevation of approximately 629 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Paradela de Abeleda (78 residents in the cited settlement record), San Lourenzo (78 residents in the cited settlement record), O Toxal (66 residents in the cited settlement record), Xocín (64 residents in the cited settlement record), and O Rial (57 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 43.4 square kilometres for Porqueira municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 635 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The audited municipality record contains 15 additional named-place records for Porqueira municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

Porqueira 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.

Dividing the INE population of 816 by the recorded municipal area of 43.4 km² gives approximately 18.8 residents per km² for Porqueira municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

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

The latest imported INE population for Porqueira municipality is 816, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Porqueira municipality, recorded population changed by -5.8%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Porqueira municipality is €13,324 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 58.6 years for Porqueira municipality, for 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.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Porqueira municipality is 829 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.10 people per household for Porqueira municipality, for period 2023.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 4.1% for Galicia in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Galicia begins at 2.2% 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 Galicia, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 4.1% in 2026Q2.

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

Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 88.9% of transactions for Porqueira municipality.

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 8 displayed observations for Ourense province, the highest registered sale-price benchmark value is €1,134 per m² in 2026Q1.

Dirección General del Catastro records 1,598 buildings for Porqueira municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 1,045 dwellings for Porqueira 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 1,952 for Porqueira municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 751 buildings, or 48.7% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 185 recorded buildings for Porqueira municipality, representing 12.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 1,045 dwellings across 1,598 buildings for Porqueira municipality, or approximately 0.65 dwellings per recorded building.

The Before 1950 band contains 751 recorded buildings for Porqueira municipality, representing 48.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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