Rioja, Almería property and area FAQs

Rioja is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It should not be confused with La Rioja (autonomous community) in the north, known for its distinctive wine.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 2 official population nuclei for Rioja. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-16. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Rioja, at a recorded elevation of approximately 154 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Marraque (50 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 36.0 square kilometres for Rioja municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 122 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The official municipality context used for Rioja has INE code 04078. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

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

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 2 official population nuclei for Rioja municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

Rioja 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 latest imported INE population for Rioja municipality is 1,549, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Rioja municipality, recorded population changed by 15.4%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Rioja municipality is €9,985 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 40.7 years for Rioja municipality, for period 2023.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 8.1% for Rioja municipality, in period 2023.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.60 people per household for Rioja municipality, for period 2023.

The displayed series for Rioja municipality begins at 1,342 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Rioja municipality records €809 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 price-informed transactions in the Notariado snapshot have an average recorded surface of 106 m² for Rioja municipality.

The current snapshot contains 14 recorded transactions for Rioja municipality. The price sample may be smaller because not every transaction carries a publishable price measure.

The latest Registradores average is €131,723 in 2026Q2 for Almería. It remains labelled as province evidence.

Dirección General del Catastro records 767 buildings for Rioja municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 798 dwellings for Rioja 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 Rioja municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 162 energy certificates for Rioja municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The Before 1950 band contains 250 recorded buildings for Rioja municipality, representing 32.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 226 recorded buildings for Rioja municipality, representing 29.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Rioja municipality, 7.4% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

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