Villafranca del Bierzo, León property and area FAQs

Villafranca del Bierzo (Leonese language: Villafranca del Bierzu) is a village and municipality located in the comarca of El Bierzo, in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 16 official population nuclei for Villafranca del Bierzo. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Villafranca del Bierzo, at a recorded elevation of approximately 507 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

Villafranca del Bierzo lies 187 kilometers from Santiago de Compostela and is located between Ponferrada and O Cebreiro on the Way of St. James pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 177.4 square kilometres for Villafranca del Bierzo municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Dividing the INE population of 2,634 by the recorded municipal area of 177.4 km² gives approximately 14.9 residents per km² for Villafranca del Bierzo municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 499 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Villafranca del Bierzo is in León province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

Villafranca del Bierzo 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 latest imported INE population for Villafranca del Bierzo municipality is 2,634, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Villafranca del Bierzo municipality, recorded population changed by -15.6%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Villafranca del Bierzo municipality is €13,745 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 55.8 years for Villafranca del Bierzo municipality, for period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Villafranca del Bierzo municipality is 2,840 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

INE records 39.4% of residents aged 65 or over for Villafranca del Bierzo municipality, in period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Villafranca del Bierzo municipality, the highest population value is 3,122 residents in 2015.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Villafranca del Bierzo municipality records €663 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 5.8% for Castilla y León in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Castilla y León begins at 3.6% 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 Castilla y León, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 5.8% in 2026Q2.

Within the same displayed series for León province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €913 per m² in 2025Q1.

Within the 8 displayed observations for León province, the highest registered sale-price benchmark value is €1,078 per m² in 2026Q2.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed registered sale-price benchmark observations for León province is €975 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Dirección General del Catastro records 3,255 buildings for Villafranca del Bierzo municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 2,661 dwellings for Villafranca del Bierzo 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 1,938 for Villafranca del Bierzo municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 169 energy certificates for Villafranca del Bierzo municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 1,843 buildings, or 57.1% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 2,661 dwellings across 3,255 buildings for Villafranca del Bierzo municipality, or approximately 0.82 dwellings per recorded building.

Among the imported certificates for Villafranca del Bierzo municipality, 8.9% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

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