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El Port de la Selva, Girona property and area FAQs

El Port de la Selva is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Empordà in Catalonia, Spain, on the Costa Brava. It is situated on the northern coast of the Cap de Creus and is an important fishing port and tourist centre. The romanesque abbey of Sant Pere de Rodes is particularly notable. El Port de la Selva is an official municipality of Girona province, identified by INE code 17140. The linked structured record provides a recorded municipal area of 41.6 square kilometres and a reference coordinate of 42.3375, 3.2042. The coordinate is a municipal reference point, not a property, parcel boundary or radius from which local claims are inferred.

Place and geography

How is El Port de la Selva described in the local record?

El Port de la Selva is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Empordà in Catalonia, Spain, on the Costa Brava. It is situated on the northern coast of the Cap de Creus and is an important fishing port and tourist centre. The romanesque abbey of Sant Pere de Rodes is particularly notable.

How many settlement centres are recorded around El Port de la Selva?

For El Port de la Selva, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 5 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is El Port de la Selva, at a recorded elevation of approximately 3 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Sant Pere de Rodes (133 residents in the cited settlement record), La Costa (49 residents in the cited settlement record), s'Arenella (41 residents in the cited settlement record), and La Vall de Santa Creu (27 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.

What is the recorded municipal area for El Port de la Selva?

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 41.6 square kilometres for El Port de la Selva municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

What elevation is recorded for El Port de la Selva?

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 12 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Does El Port de la Selva have a linked official website?

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

Which province is El Port de la Selva in?

El Port de la Selva is in Girona province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

How many official population nuclei are recorded for El Port de la Selva?

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 5 official population nuclei for El Port de la Selva municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

How does NLS avoid mixing El Port de la Selva with similarly named places?

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 17140 and keeps the province label Girona. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

People and households

What is the latest official population shown for El Port de la Selva?

The latest imported INE population for El Port de la Selva municipality is 1,058, for period 2023.

How has the recorded population changed in El Port de la Selva?

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for El Port de la Selva municipality, recorded population changed by 6.4%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

What net income per person is recorded for El Port de la Selva?

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for El Port de la Selva municipality is €18,723 net income per person, for period 2023.

What is the recorded average age in El Port de la Selva?

INE records an average age of 46.8 years for El Port de la Selva municipality, for period 2023.

How extensive is the current population series used for El Port de la Selva?

The page uses 9 published observations for El Port de la Selva municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

What share of residents in El Port de la Selva is aged 65 or over?

INE records 25.5% of residents aged 65 or over for El Port de la Selva municipality, in period 2023.

What is the simple mean of the published population observations used for El Port de la Selva?

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for El Port de la Selva municipality is 1,000 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Property market evidence

What is the latest official sold-price snapshot for El Port de la Selva?

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for El Port de la Selva municipality records €3,626 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

What foreign-buyer share is shown for the wider El Port de la Selva market?

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 17.6% for Cataluña in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

Where does the published regional foreign-buyer share series for El Port de la Selva begin?

The displayed series for Cataluña begins at 16.8% in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Which published period has the largest regional foreign-buyer share value for El Port de la Selva?

Within the 8 displayed observations for Cataluña, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 17.6% in 2026Q2.

When is the minimum in the current regional house-price index series for El Port de la Selva?

Within the same displayed series for Cataluña, the lowest regional house-price index value is 91.2 index points in 2024Q3.

What is the arithmetic average across the displayed registered sale-price benchmark points for El Port de la Selva?

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed registered sale-price benchmark observations for Girona province is €2,382 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

What is the recorded average completed sale price in El Port de la Selva?

The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €470,712 for El Port de la Selva municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.

Housing stock and registrations

How many cadastral buildings are recorded for El Port de la Selva?

Dirección General del Catastro records 1,394 buildings for El Port de la Selva municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

How many dwellings are recorded for El Port de la Selva?

The current Catastro building extract records 2,361 dwellings for El Port de la Selva municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.

What is the average recorded build year in El Port de la Selva?

Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,973 for El Port de la Selva municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

Which building-age band is largest in El Port de la Selva?

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 517 buildings, or 37.2% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

What share of cadastral buildings in El Port de la Selva is labelled 1970–1989?

The 1970–1989 band contains 517 recorded buildings for El Port de la Selva municipality, representing 37.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

How prominent is the 2010 onward construction band in El Port de la Selva?

The 2010 onward band contains 97 recorded buildings for El Port de la Selva municipality, representing 7.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

What dwelling-to-building ratio is recorded for El Port de la Selva?

The Catastro extract records 2,361 dwellings across 1,394 buildings for El Port de la Selva municipality, or approximately 1.69 dwellings per recorded building.

Current property inventory

How many properties are currently listed in El Port de la Selva on NLS?

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

How to read these answers

Current listings and asking prices can change. Institutional figures update on their own publication cycles and may use municipality, province or autonomous-community scope. Compare unlike measures only after checking their stated geography and period. This page is market context, not a valuation, forecast, legal opinion or investment recommendation.