San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid property and area FAQs

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, also known as El Escorial de Arriba, is a town and municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain, located to the northwest of the region in the southeastern side of the Sierra de Guadarrama, at the foot of Mount Abantos and Las Machotas, 47 kilometres (29 mi) from Madrid. It is head of the eponymous judicial party. The settlement is popularly called El Escorial de Arriba, to differentiate it from the neighbouring village of El Escorial, also known as El Escorial de Abajo.

For San Lorenzo de El Escorial, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 7 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is San Lorenzo de El Escorial, at a recorded elevation of approximately 1,041 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include La Pizarra (1,916 residents in the cited settlement record), Valle de los Caídos (18 residents in the cited settlement record), and Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos (14 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 Monastery of El Escorial is the most prominent building in the town and is one of the main Spanish Renaissance monuments. Especially remarkable is the Royal Library, inside the Monastery.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 56.4 square kilometres for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Dividing the INE population of 18,395 by the recorded municipal area of 56.4 km² gives approximately 326.2 residents per km² for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The audited municipality record contains 11 additional named-place records for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 28131 and keeps the province label Madrid. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 1,032 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Yes. The structured municipality record includes an official website field. NLS treats that as identity context and not as property-market evidence.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 40.5936, -4.1428. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The latest imported INE population for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality is 18,395, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality, recorded population changed by 4.1%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality is €17,163 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 43.6 years for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality, for period 2023.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.50 people per household for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality, for period 2023.

The displayed series for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality begins at 17,672 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The page uses 9 published observations for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality, the highest population value is 18,395 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.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality changed by 4.1%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality records €2,563 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €318,354 for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.

The price-informed transactions in the Notariado snapshot have an average recorded surface of 124 m² for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality.

The published price measures use 223 price-informed sales from 238 total recorded transactions for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality.

The page uses 8 published observations for Madrid, Comunidad de, running from 2024Q3 to 2026Q2.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional house-price index value for Madrid, Comunidad de changed by 24.9%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The latest displayed MITMA point records 69 housing transactions in 2026Q2 for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality.

The imported Notariado snapshot states a fetch timestamp of 2026-08-03 21:39:29. It is a current snapshot, not a historical quarterly series.

Within the 12 displayed observations for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality, the highest quarterly transaction count value is 132 transactions in 2023Q4.

The displayed series for Madrid, Comunidad de begins at 89.6 index points in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Dirección General del Catastro records 3,241 buildings for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 9,503 dwellings for San Lorenzo de El Escorial 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 1,978 for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 2,559 energy certificates for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 2010 onward band contains 63 recorded buildings for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality, representing 1.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 9,503 dwellings across 3,241 buildings for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality, or approximately 2.93 dwellings per recorded building.

The Before 1950 band contains 583 recorded buildings for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality, representing 18.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for San Lorenzo de El Escorial municipality, 6.7% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1990–2009, with 1,672 buildings, or 51.6% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

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