Portbou, Girona property and area FAQs

Portbou is a town in the Alt Empordà county, in the Province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

Portbou’s current IGN settlement record contains 1 official population nucleus. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Portbou, at a recorded elevation of approximately 5 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

Portbou is located near the French border in the Costa Brava region, and frequently serves as a dropping off point for SNCF trains coming from Cerbère in France.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 9.2 square kilometres for Portbou municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-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 sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 28 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 1 official population nucleus for Portbou municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

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

The latest imported INE population for Portbou municipality is 1,082, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Portbou municipality, recorded population changed by -7.0%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Portbou municipality is €16,385 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 51.3 years for Portbou municipality, for period 2023.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.00 people per household for Portbou municipality, for period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Portbou municipality, the highest population value is 1,163 residents in 2015.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 19.0% for Portbou municipality, in period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Portbou municipality records €1,168 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

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

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.

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

The latest Registradores average is €248,445 in 2026Q2 for Girona. It remains labelled as province evidence.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Cataluña, the highest regional house-price index value is 109.0 index points in 2026Q2.

The displayed series for Portbou municipality begins at 8 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 468 buildings for Portbou municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 1,094 dwellings for Portbou 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 1,950 for Portbou municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 184 buildings, or 39.7% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 2 recorded buildings for Portbou municipality, representing 0.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 1,094 dwellings across 468 buildings for Portbou municipality, or approximately 2.34 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1950–1969 band contains 133 recorded buildings for Portbou municipality, representing 28.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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