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Salas, Asturias property and area FAQs

Salas (also known as San Martin de Salas) is a town and concejo (municipality) in the Principality of Asturias. It lies on the road from San Sebastián to Santiago de Compostela, and on a small subtributary of the river Narcea. It is bordered on the north by Valdés, Cudillero and Pravia, to south by Belmonte de Miranda, to the east by Pravia, Candamo and Grado, and to the west by Tineo and Valdés. Salas is a mountainous region in which coal-mining and agriculture are the principal industries. The products of this region are sent for export to Cudillero, a small harbour on the Bay of Biscay. Salas is well known as a tourist point and as the birthplace of Fernando de Valdés y Salas.

Place and geography

What does the local overview record about Salas?

Salas (also known as San Martin de Salas) is a town and concejo (municipality) in the Principality of Asturias. It lies on the road from San Sebastián to Santiago de Compostela, and on a small subtributary of the river Narcea. It is bordered on the north by Valdés, Cudillero and Pravia, to south by Belmonte de Miranda, to the east by Pravia, Candamo and Grado, and to the west by Tineo and Valdés.

How many settlement centres are recorded around Salas?

Salas’ current IGN settlement record contains 17 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Salas, at a recorded elevation of approximately 240 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Corniana (556 residents in the cited settlement record), La Espina (360 residents in the cited settlement record), Llaniu (92 residents in the cited settlement record), Maecina (56 residents in the cited settlement record), and Aciana (48 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 else is documented about Salas?

Salas is a mountainous region in which coal-mining and agriculture are the principal industries. The products of this region are sent for export to Cudillero, a small harbour on the Bay of Biscay. Salas is well known as a tourist point and as the birthplace of Fernando de Valdés y Salas.

What is the recorded municipal area for Salas?

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 227.1 square kilometres for Salas municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

What reference coordinate is recorded for Salas?

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 43.4082, -6.2569. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

What is the official INE code used for Salas?

The official municipality context used for Salas has INE code 33059. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

What geographic scope do the facts for Salas use?

The stated official-data scope is Salas municipality. Current NLS listings use the property-search area itself, while official market and demographic measures keep their own published geography visible.

Does Salas 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.

People and households

What is the latest official population shown for Salas?

The latest imported INE population for Salas municipality is 4,789, for period 2023.

How has the recorded population changed in Salas?

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Salas municipality, recorded population changed by -8.9%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

What net income per person is recorded for Salas?

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Salas municipality is €14,133 net income per person, for period 2023.

What is the recorded average age in Salas?

INE records an average age of 52.9 years for Salas municipality, for period 2023.

What is the arithmetic average across the displayed population points for Salas?

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Salas municipality is 4,957 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

What is the highest displayed population point relevant to Salas?

Within the 9 displayed observations for Salas municipality, the highest population value is 5,254 residents in 2015.

What change separates the first and latest displayed population values for Salas?

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Salas municipality changed by -8.9%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Property market evidence

What is the latest official sold-price snapshot for Salas?

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Salas municipality records €534 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

What is the recorded average completed sale price in Salas?

The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €81,913 for Salas municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.

What average property surface is reported for completed sales in Salas?

The price-informed transactions in the Notariado snapshot have an average recorded surface of 153 m² for Salas municipality.

How large is the price-informed Notariado sample for Salas?

The published price measures use 71 price-informed sales from 100 total recorded transactions for Salas municipality.

What is the simple mean of the published regional house-price index observations used for Salas?

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional house-price index observations for Asturias, Principado de is 100.5 index points. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

How much transaction history is shown for Salas?

The page displays 12 quarterly MITMA observations for Salas municipality, up to the latest published period in the chart.

When is the minimum in the current regional house-price index series for Salas?

Within the same displayed series for Asturias, Principado de, the lowest regional house-price index value is 89.3 index points in 2024Q3.

Housing stock and registrations

How many cadastral buildings are recorded for Salas?

Dirección General del Catastro records 4,200 buildings for Salas municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

How many dwellings are recorded for Salas?

The current Catastro building extract records 4,481 dwellings for Salas municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.

What is the average recorded build year in Salas?

Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,924 for Salas municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

How many energy certificates are recorded for Salas?

The current official administrative extract contains 141 energy certificates for Salas municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

Which building-age band is largest in Salas?

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 3,055 buildings, or 74.0% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

What share of recorded energy certificates in Salas is rated A to C?

Among the imported certificates for Salas municipality, 7.8% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

How prominent is the 1970–1989 construction band in Salas?

The 1970–1989 band contains 401 recorded buildings for Salas municipality, representing 9.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Current property inventory

How many properties are currently listed in Salas on NLS?

The current eligible public inventory contains 0 listings for Salas. 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.