Sopela, Bizkaia property and area FAQs

Sopela, formerly known as Sopelana, is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.

For Sopela, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 2 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Moreaga, at a recorded elevation of approximately 61 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Ugeraga (5,203 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 is roughly 820 hectares in size, located in the comarca Mungialdea on the north east side of Bilbao and due east of the Nervión river estuary. In the municipality, other former towns like Larrabasterra were annexed to make Sopela larger. The area of Sopela is situated among green hills and beaches. This makes it a very attractive suburb of Greater Bilbao, with a short commute of 35 minutes on the metro.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 8.4 square kilometres for Sopela municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The official municipality context used for Sopela has INE code 48085. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 2 official population nuclei for Sopela municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 48085 and keeps the province label Bizkaia. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

Sopela 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 linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 43.3814, -2.9822. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 62 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Sopela is an official municipality in Bizkaia province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

Dividing the INE population of 14,865 by the recorded municipal area of 8.4 km² gives approximately 1,769.6 residents per km² for Sopela municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

Sopela is in Bizkaia province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

The latest imported INE population for Sopela municipality is 14,865, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Sopela municipality, recorded population changed by 11.4%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Sopela municipality is €20,711 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 42.3 years for Sopela municipality, for period 2023.

The page uses 9 published observations for Sopela municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Sopela municipality, the highest population value is 14,865 residents in 2023.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 4.9% for Sopela municipality, in period 2023.

INE records 17.3% of residents aged 65 or over for Sopela municipality, in period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Sopela municipality is 14,088 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Within the same displayed series for Sopela municipality, the lowest population value is 13,347 residents in 2015.

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

The displayed series for Sopela municipality begins at 13,347 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.50 people per household for Sopela municipality, for period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Sopela municipality records €4,250 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 4.7% for País Vasco in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for País Vasco begins at 3.8% 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 País Vasco, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 4.7% in 2026Q2.

The displayed series for País Vasco begins at 91.0 index points in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed registered sale-price benchmark value for Bizkaia province changed by 18.2%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional house-price index observations for País Vasco is 99.7 index points. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €401,581 for Sopela municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed registered sale-price benchmark observations for Bizkaia province is €3,071 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The current snapshot contains 188 recorded transactions for Sopela municipality. The price sample may be smaller because not every transaction carries a publishable price measure.

The latest Registradores average is €280,500 in 2026Q2 for Bizkaia. It remains labelled as province evidence.

From 2023Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed quarterly transaction count value for Sopela municipality changed by -11.4%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

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

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