Santa Pola, Alicante property and area FAQs

Santa Pola is a coastal town and municipality located in the comarca of Baix Vinalopó in the Valencian Community, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 7 official population nuclei for Santa Pola. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Santa Pola, at a recorded elevation of approximately 10 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Urbanització El Gran Alacant (11,773 residents in the cited settlement record), Urbanització La Colònia (108 residents in the cited settlement record), Urbanització El Poble Llevantí (105 residents in the cited settlement record), els Ciprerets (64 residents in the cited settlement record), and Casetes de Meleja (57 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 town has an important salt evaporation pond known as the salines which remains in business, additionally, most of it is recognized as the Natural Park of Salines de Santa Pola, an important Ramsar site. The town was settled over the ruins of a Roman village called Portus Illicitanus (literally, "Harbour of Elche"); after being abandoned for decades, then a castle was constructed in the 16th century which marked the repopulation of Santa Pola. The town has an archeological museum covering these phases.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 58.6 square kilometres for Santa Pola municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Dividing the INE population of 38,177 by the recorded municipal area of 58.6 km² gives approximately 651.5 residents per km² for Santa Pola municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The audited municipality record contains 11 additional named-place records for Santa Pola municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

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

Santa Pola is in Alicante province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

The official municipality context used for Santa Pola has INE code 03121. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 38.1897, -0.5556. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

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

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 03121 and keeps the province label Alicante. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 7 official population nuclei for Santa Pola municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

The latest imported INE population for Santa Pola municipality is 38,177, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Santa Pola municipality, recorded population changed by 23.3%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Santa Pola municipality is €12,366 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 43.7 years for Santa Pola municipality, for period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Santa Pola municipality, the lowest population value is 30,701 residents in 2016.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 23.0% for Santa Pola municipality, in period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Santa Pola municipality is 33,721 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.30 people per household for Santa Pola municipality, for period 2023.

INE records 19.3% of residents aged 65 or over for Santa Pola municipality, in period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Santa Pola municipality, the highest population value is 38,177 residents in 2023.

The displayed series for Santa Pola municipality begins at 30,955 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 Santa Pola municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Santa Pola municipality records €2,427 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €2,489 per square metre for Santa Pola municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Santa Pola municipality begins at €1,608 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 Santa Pola municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €2,489 per m² in 2026Q1.

The page uses 12 published observations for Santa Pola municipality, running from 2023Q3 to 2026Q2.

INE reports a house-price index of 111.7 for Comunitat Valenciana in 2026Q2. An index is not a euro price per square metre.

The page uses 8 published observations for Comunitat Valenciana, running from 2024Q3 to 2026Q2.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Comunitat Valenciana, the highest regional house-price index value is 111.7 index points in 2026Q2.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed appraised housing value observations for Santa Pola municipality is €1,993 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 31.0% for Comunitat Valenciana in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

From 2023Q2 to 2026Q1, the displayed appraised housing value value for Santa Pola municipality changed by 54.8%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Within the same displayed series for Alicante province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €1,813 per m² in 2024Q3.

Dirección General del Catastro records 8,260 buildings for Santa Pola municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 44,445 dwellings for Santa Pola 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 1,982 for Santa Pola municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 12,972 energy certificates for Santa Pola municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 1950–1969 band contains 1,416 recorded buildings for Santa Pola municipality, representing 17.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 4,654 recorded buildings for Santa Pola municipality, representing 56.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 110 recorded buildings for Santa Pola municipality, representing 1.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 1,830 recorded buildings for Santa Pola municipality, representing 22.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 4,654 buildings, or 56.4% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Santa Pola municipality, 3.6% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The Catastro extract records 44,445 dwellings across 8,260 buildings for Santa Pola municipality, or approximately 5.38 dwellings per recorded building.

The Before 1950 band contains 244 recorded buildings for Santa Pola municipality, representing 3.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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