Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona property and area FAQs

Sant Cugat del Vallès is a city and municipality 10 km northwest of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, on the other side of the Collserola forest.

Sant Cugat del Vallès’ current IGN settlement record contains 5 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-12-03. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Sant Cugat del Vallès, at a recorded elevation of approximately 159 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Mira-Sol (17,767 residents in the cited settlement record), Valldoreix (8,925 residents in the cited settlement record), La Floresta (5,005 residents in the cited settlement record), and les Planes (1,454 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.

Known as Castrum Octavianum in antiquity (which means the castle of Octavianus) and as Pins del Vallès during the Second Spanish Republic, it is named after Saint Cucuphas, who is said to have been martyred on the spot now occupied by its medieval monastery. The final part of its toponym, del Vallès, is a reference to the county where the town is situated, Vallès.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 48.2 square kilometres for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 08205 and keeps the province label Barcelona. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

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

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

Sant Cugat del Vallès is an official municipality in Barcelona province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

Dividing the INE population of 96,191 by the recorded municipal area of 48.2 km² gives approximately 1,995.7 residents per km² for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The official municipality context used for Sant Cugat del Vallès has INE code 08205. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The audited municipality record contains 35 additional named-place records for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

Sant Cugat del Vallès is in Barcelona province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

The latest imported INE population for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality is 96,191, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality, recorded population changed by 11.0%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality is €24,748 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 40.0 years for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality, for period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality is 91,048 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The page uses 9 published observations for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

INE records 15.3% of residents aged 65 or over for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality, in period 2023.

The latest imported INE figure is 3.00 people per household for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality, for period 2023.

The displayed series for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality begins at 86,696 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality, the highest population value is 96,191 residents in 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality changed by 11.0%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Within the same displayed series for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality, the lowest population value is 86,696 residents in 2015.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality records €4,616 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €5,063 per square metre for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality begins at €4,143 per m² in 2023Q2. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 12 displayed observations for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €5,063 per m² in 2026Q1.

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.

The displayed series for Barcelona province begins at €2,886 per m² in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The displayed series for Cataluña begins at 91.2 index points in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the same displayed series for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality, the lowest appraised housing value value is €4,028 per m² in 2023Q3.

The published price measures use 857 price-informed sales from 959 total recorded transactions for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional house-price index observations for Cataluña is 100.0 index points. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The current snapshot contains 959 recorded transactions for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality. The price sample may be smaller because not every transaction carries a publishable price measure.

The page uses 12 published observations for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality, running from 2023Q3 to 2026Q2.

Dirección General del Catastro records 11,239 buildings for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 34,785 dwellings for Sant Cugat del Vallès 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 1,973 for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 2 energy certificates for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 1990–2009 band contains 2,863 recorded buildings for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality, representing 25.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 3,082 recorded buildings for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality, representing 27.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 2,623 recorded buildings for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality, representing 23.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1950–1969, with 3,082 buildings, or 27.7% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 812 recorded buildings for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality, representing 7.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality, 0.0% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The Catastro extract records 34,785 dwellings across 11,239 buildings for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality, or approximately 3.10 dwellings per recorded building.

The Before 1950 band contains 1,761 recorded buildings for Sant Cugat del Vallès municipality, representing 15.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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