San Vicente de la Barquera, Cantabria property and area FAQs

San Vicente de la Barquera is a municipality of Cantabria in northern Spain. Tourism is its main activity due to the area's natural environment and heritage. Approximately 80% of the municipal area belongs to the Oyambre Natural Park and enjoys a special protection regulated by the autonomous community of Cantabria as a result of its landscape and ecological value.

San Vicente de la Barquera’s current IGN settlement record contains 9 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is San Vicente de la Barquera, at a recorded elevation of approximately 30 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include El Barcenal (20 residents in the cited settlement record) and Los Llaos (6 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 41.5 square kilometres for San Vicente de la Barquera municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 15 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

San Vicente de la Barquera is an official municipality in Cantabria province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

The official municipality context used for San Vicente de la Barquera has INE code 39080. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

Dividing the INE population of 3,974 by the recorded municipal area of 41.5 km² gives approximately 95.8 residents per km² for San Vicente de la Barquera municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 39080 and keeps the province label Cantabria. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The latest imported INE population for San Vicente de la Barquera municipality is 3,974, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for San Vicente de la Barquera municipality, recorded population changed by -4.9%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for San Vicente de la Barquera municipality is €13,671 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 48.5 years for San Vicente de la Barquera municipality, for period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for San Vicente de la Barquera municipality, the lowest population value is 3,974 residents in 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for San Vicente de la Barquera municipality, the highest population value is 4,178 residents in 2015.

The displayed series for San Vicente de la Barquera municipality begins at 4,178 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 San Vicente de la Barquera municipality records €2,218 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.

The displayed Registradores series for Cantabria changed by 18.1% year on year at its latest point. This is a historical aggregate trend, not a forecast for San Vicente de la Barquera.

Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 90.6% of transactions for San Vicente de la Barquera municipality.

74 of 92 recorded transactions inform the published price measures for San Vicente de la Barquera municipality, equal to 80.4%.

Dirección General del Catastro records 1,353 buildings for San Vicente de la Barquera municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 4,167 dwellings for San Vicente de la Barquera 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 1,953 for San Vicente de la Barquera municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 685 energy certificates for San Vicente de la Barquera municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 1970–1989 band contains 285 recorded buildings for San Vicente de la Barquera municipality, representing 21.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 175 recorded buildings for San Vicente de la Barquera municipality, representing 13.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 274 recorded buildings for San Vicente de la Barquera municipality, representing 20.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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