Santa Maria de Merlès, Barcelona property and area FAQs

Santa Maria de Merlès is a municipality in Catalonia. It is officially within the comarca of Berguedà, but traditionally, it is a part of the natural comarca of Lluçanès. The municipality is located on the riera, or stream, of Merlès, from which the town takes its name. It is located about 14 kilometers east of Puig-reig, and 8 kilometers west of Prats de Lluçanès, the nearest market town.

For Santa Maria de Merlès, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 0 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-12-03. No entry in the current extract is explicitly marked as the municipal capital, so this guide does not infer one. IGN also supplies 37 other named-population records for this municipality, but these are not promoted here as population nuclei. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

The town is divided into two parishes, Santa Maria (in the Bishopric of Solsona) to the west of the riera, and Sant Martí (in the Bishopric of Vic) to the east.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 52.1 square kilometres for Santa Maria de Merlès municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 42.0017, 1.9792. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 0 official population nuclei for Santa Maria de Merlès municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

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

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 532 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The latest imported INE population for Santa Maria de Merlès municipality is 175, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Santa Maria de Merlès municipality, recorded population changed by -1.7%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Santa Maria de Merlès municipality is €19,187 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 40.1 years for Santa Maria de Merlès municipality, for period 2023.

The page uses 9 published observations for Santa Maria de Merlès municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

The displayed series for Santa Maria de Merlès municipality begins at 178 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The population figure uses INE period 2023. The page shows the period beside the value so it is not mistaken for a live counter.

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.

Within the same displayed series for Cataluña, the lowest regional foreign-buyer share value is 15.1% in 2025Q3.

Within the 12 displayed observations for Santa Maria de Merlès municipality, the highest quarterly transaction count value is 0 transactions in 2023Q3.

The latest Registradores average is €280,556 in 2026Q2 for Barcelona. It remains labelled as province evidence.

INE reports a house-price index of 109.0 for Cataluña in 2026Q2. An index is not a euro price per square metre.

Dirección General del Catastro records 173 buildings for Santa Maria de Merlès municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 99 dwellings for Santa Maria de Merlès 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 1,920 for Santa Maria de Merlès municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 76 buildings, or 45.0% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 10 recorded buildings for Santa Maria de Merlès municipality, representing 5.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 76 recorded buildings for Santa Maria de Merlès municipality, representing 45.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 67 recorded buildings for Santa Maria de Merlès municipality, representing 39.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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