Sant Quirze de Besora, Barcelona property and area FAQs

Sant Quirze de Besora is a municipality in the comarca of Osona in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the banks of the Ter river in the north of the comarca. It is on the main communication route between Barcelona and Puigcerdà, served by the C-17 road and a station on the Rodalies de Catalunya railway line. It is also linked to Prats de Lluçanès and the Berguedà by the C-149 road. There is a tradition of textile manufacture in the town, as well as a distillery and a hydroelectric power station.

For Sant Quirze de Besora, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 1 official population nucleus. The imported source records are dated through 2025-12-03. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Sant Quirze de Besora, at a recorded elevation of approximately 564 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

Sant Quirze de Besora became part of Osona in the comarcal revision of 1990: previously it formed part of the Ripollès.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 8.1 square kilometres for Sant Quirze de Besora municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Dividing the INE population of 2,127 by the recorded municipal area of 8.1 km² gives approximately 262.6 residents per km² for Sant Quirze de Besora municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

Sant Quirze de Besora 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 sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 587 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Sant Quirze de Besora is an official municipality in Barcelona province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

The latest imported INE population for Sant Quirze de Besora municipality is 2,127, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Sant Quirze de Besora municipality, recorded population changed by 0.2%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Sant Quirze de Besora municipality is €16,761 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 46.4 years for Sant Quirze de Besora municipality, for period 2023.

The page uses 9 published observations for Sant Quirze de Besora municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Sant Quirze de Besora municipality, the highest population value is 2,165 residents in 2018.

INE records 25.2% of residents aged 65 or over for Sant Quirze de Besora municipality, in period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Sant Quirze de Besora municipality records €955 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 17.6% for Cataluña in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Cataluña begins at 16.8% 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 Cataluña, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 17.6% in 2026Q2.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional house-price index value for Cataluña changed by 19.5%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The displayed Registradores series for Barcelona changed by 7.6% year on year at its latest point. This is a historical aggregate trend, not a forecast for Sant Quirze de Besora.

The displayed series for Sant Quirze de Besora municipality begins at 5 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Dirección General del Catastro records 832 buildings for Sant Quirze de Besora municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 1,065 dwellings for Sant Quirze de Besora 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 Sant Quirze de Besora municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 293 buildings, or 35.9% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 161 recorded buildings for Sant Quirze de Besora municipality, representing 19.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 293 recorded buildings for Sant Quirze de Besora municipality, representing 35.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 12 recorded buildings for Sant Quirze de Besora municipality, representing 1.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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