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Selaya, Cantabria property and area FAQs

Selaya is a municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain. The official INE register places Selaya in Cantabria province under municipality code 39082. The linked structured record provides a recorded municipal area of 39.3 square kilometres and a reference coordinate of 43.2183, -3.8056. The coordinate is a municipal reference point, not a property, parcel boundary or radius from which local claims are inferred.

Place and geography

What is Selaya like?

Selaya is a municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain.

What does the official settlement record show for Selaya?

For Selaya, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 1 official population nucleus. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Selaya, at a recorded elevation of approximately 226 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

What is the recorded municipal area for Selaya?

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 39.3 square kilometres for Selaya municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

What elevation is recorded for Selaya?

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 228 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

How does NLS avoid mixing Selaya with similarly named places?

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 39082 and keeps the province label Cantabria. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

What geographic level does the Selaya page cover?

Selaya 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.

Does Selaya have a linked official website?

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

What geographic scope do the facts for Selaya use?

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

People and households

What is the latest official population shown for Selaya?

The latest imported INE population for Selaya municipality is 1,849, for period 2023.

How has the recorded population changed in Selaya?

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Selaya municipality, recorded population changed by -4.2%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

What net income per person is recorded for Selaya?

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Selaya municipality is €13,202 net income per person, for period 2023.

What is the recorded average age in Selaya?

INE records an average age of 48.0 years for Selaya municipality, for period 2023.

What is the average household size in Selaya?

The latest imported INE figure is 2.40 people per household for Selaya municipality, for period 2023.

What share of residents in Selaya is aged 65 or over?

INE records 26.3% of residents aged 65 or over for Selaya municipality, in period 2023.

What change separates the first and latest displayed population values for Selaya?

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Selaya municipality changed by -4.2%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Property market evidence

What is the latest official sold-price snapshot for Selaya?

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Selaya municipality records €976 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

What foreign-buyer share is shown for the wider Selaya market?

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 4.4% for Cantabria in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

What is the earliest displayed Selaya regional foreign-buyer share observation?

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.

What is the highest displayed regional foreign-buyer share point relevant to Selaya?

Within the 8 displayed observations for Cantabria, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 4.4% in 2026Q2.

What regional house-price index is shown for Selaya?

INE reports a house-price index of 111.3 for Cantabria in 2026Q2. An index is not a euro price per square metre.

What period span does the displayed regional house-price index evidence cover for Selaya?

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

How different is the latest regional foreign-buyer share point from the first one shown for Selaya?

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional foreign-buyer share value for Cantabria changed by 20.4%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Housing stock and registrations

How many cadastral buildings are recorded for Selaya?

Dirección General del Catastro records 1,604 buildings for Selaya municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

How many dwellings are recorded for Selaya?

The current Catastro building extract records 1,276 dwellings for Selaya municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.

What is the average recorded build year in Selaya?

Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,932 for Selaya municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

How many energy certificates are recorded for Selaya?

The current official administrative extract contains 122 energy certificates for Selaya municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

What share of cadastral buildings in Selaya is labelled 1970–1989?

The 1970–1989 band contains 167 recorded buildings for Selaya municipality, representing 10.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

How much of the recorded Selaya building stock falls in the 1990–2009 band?

The 1990–2009 band contains 104 recorded buildings for Selaya municipality, representing 6.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

How prominent is the 2010 onward construction band in Selaya?

The 2010 onward band contains 28 recorded buildings for Selaya municipality, representing 1.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Current property inventory

How many properties are currently listed in Selaya on NLS?

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

How to read these answers

Current listings and asking prices can change. Institutional figures update on their own publication cycles and may use municipality, province or autonomous-community scope. Compare unlike measures only after checking their stated geography and period. This page is market context, not a valuation, forecast, legal opinion or investment recommendation.