Punta Lara, Málaga property and area FAQs

Nerja (pronounced [ˈneɾxa]) is a municipality on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is part of the comarca of La Axarquía. It is on the country's southern Mediterranean coast, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of Málaga.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 4 official population nuclei for Nerja. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Nerja, at a recorded elevation of approximately 24 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Imaroga (785 residents in the cited settlement record), Maro (633 residents in the cited settlement record), and Macaca (560 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.

A popular and widely repeated folk etymology claims the name comes from Arabic for "abundant source", but the Arabic form Nāriŷa itself stems from an unknown pre-Islamic name.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 85.0 square kilometres for Nerja municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 4 official population nuclei for Nerja municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

The stated official-data scope is Nerja 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 Nerja municipality is 21,958, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Nerja municipality, recorded population changed by 4.7%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Nerja municipality is €11,896 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 46.7 years for Nerja municipality, for period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Nerja municipality, the highest population value is 21,958 residents in 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 current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Nerja municipality records €3,567 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 16.0% for Andalucía in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Andalucía begins at 14.3% 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 Andalucía, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 16.0% in 2026Q2.

The latest Registradores province average is €338,816 in 2026Q2 for Málaga. It remains labelled as province-level evidence.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional foreign-buyer share observations for Andalucía is 13.9%. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Dirección General del Catastro records 7,509 buildings for Nerja municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 16,693 dwellings for Nerja 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 1,984 for Nerja municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 4,345 energy certificates for Nerja municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The official extract lists 21,037 registered places across 4,444 active entries for Nerja municipality, an arithmetic average of 4.7 places per entry. It is not an occupancy rate.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 4,347 buildings, or 58.1% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 3 listings for Punta Lara. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

The current public inventory is: 2 villas. Only types with at least one eligible live listing receive an indexable area/type page.

Published asking prices in the current NLS inventory run from €449,000 to €954,500. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

The difference between the current published minimum of €449,000 and maximum of €954,500 is €505,500. This describes the live mix of listings and is not a market-value estimate.

NLS currently shows 2 eligible public villas for Punta Lara, equal to 66.7% of the 3-listing area inventory.

No. The Punta Lara count includes only active listings that are eligible for the public NLS catalogue at the time the page is generated. Draft, withdrawn, private and feed-private records do not create a public area or property-type page.