Riotuerto, Cantabria property and area FAQs

Riotuerto (Rutuertu in Cantabrian) is one of the municipalities of Cantabria, lying between the North Coast of the Cantábrican Sea and the mountains of the Cantabrian Sierra. It is part of the ancient merindad (shire) of Trasmiera. The centre of Riotuerto is La Cavada, once the home of the famed Royal Artillery Factory and now the site of the Town Hall, library and cannon museum. Other barrios include Barrio de Arriba, Lombana, Monte and Angustina.

For Riotuerto, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 3 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is La Cavada, at a recorded elevation of approximately 80 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Barrio de Arriba (314 residents in the cited settlement record) and Rucandio (108 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 30.5 square kilometres for Riotuerto municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 70 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Riotuerto 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.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 39064 and keeps the province label Cantabria. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 3 official population nuclei for Riotuerto municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

The audited municipality record contains 8 additional named-place records for Riotuerto municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The latest imported INE population for Riotuerto municipality is 1,670, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Riotuerto municipality, recorded population changed by 3.7%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Riotuerto municipality is €13,509 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 47.8 years for Riotuerto municipality, for period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Riotuerto municipality, the lowest population value is 1,601 residents in 2018.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Riotuerto municipality changed by 3.7%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Riotuerto municipality, the highest population value is 1,670 residents in 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Riotuerto municipality records €524 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 4.4% for Cantabria in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Cantabria begins at 3.6% 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 Cantabria, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 4.4% in 2026Q2.

Within the same displayed series for Cantabria, the lowest regional foreign-buyer share value is 2.9% in 2025Q1.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Cantabria, the highest regional house-price index value is 111.3 index points in 2026Q2.

The published price measures use 10 price-informed sales from 14 total recorded transactions for Riotuerto municipality.

Dirección General del Catastro records 1,165 buildings for Riotuerto municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 1,040 dwellings for Riotuerto 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 1,943 for Riotuerto municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 152 energy certificates for Riotuerto municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 705 buildings, or 60.7% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 131 recorded buildings for Riotuerto municipality, representing 11.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 40 recorded buildings for Riotuerto municipality, representing 3.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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