Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid property and area FAQs

Villanueva de la Cañada is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Located 30 km north-west from Madrid, the municipality covers an area of 34.92 km2. Geographically, it sits on a large plain, in which there are several promontories, on one of which is found the castle of Aulencia, its main landmark. The ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre lies close to the former, on the Guadarrama riverfront. Villafranca del Castillo, a well-off urban area detached from the main nucleus, is located within the municipal bounds. Villanueva de la Cañada hosts the main campus of the Alfonso X El Sabio University as well as the Aquópolis waterpark.

For Villanueva de la Cañada, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 4 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Villanueva de la Cañada, at a recorded elevation of approximately 654 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Villafranca del Castillo-la Mocha Chica (3,898 residents in the cited settlement record) and La Raya del Palancar-Guadamonte (1,316 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 linked structured municipality record gives an area of 34.3 square kilometres for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 652 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The audited municipality record contains 3 additional named-place records for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 28176 and keeps the province label Madrid. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

Villanueva de la Cañada is an official municipality in Madrid province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

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

Villanueva de la Cañada 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 current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 4 official population nuclei for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

The latest imported INE population for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality is 23,057, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality, recorded population changed by 21.3%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality is €20,858 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 38.8 years for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality, for period 2023.

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

Within the 9 displayed observations for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality, the highest population value is 23,057 residents in 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality changed by 21.3%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Within the same displayed series for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality, the lowest population value is 19,004 residents in 2015.

The latest imported INE figure is 3.30 people per household for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality, for period 2023.

The page uses 9 published observations for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality records €2,365 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €582,399 for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.

The price-informed transactions in the Notariado snapshot have an average recorded surface of 246 m² for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality.

The published price measures use 186 price-informed sales from 201 total recorded transactions for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality.

At the latest displayed point, the INE house-price index for Madrid, Comunidad de changed by 12.9% year on year. The value describes the region, not an individual municipality or property.

The latest displayed MITMA point records 49 housing transactions in 2026Q2 for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality.

The displayed Registradores series for Madrid changed by 12.1% year on year at its latest point. This is a historical aggregate trend, not a forecast for Villanueva de la Cañada.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed registered sale-price benchmark value for Madrid province changed by 26.6%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The displayed series for Madrid province begins at €3,400 per m² 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 regional house-price index value for Madrid, Comunidad de changed by 24.9%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Dirección General del Catastro records 5,945 buildings for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 8,706 dwellings for Villanueva de la Cañada 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 1,997 for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 3,023 energy certificates for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

Among the imported certificates for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality, 25.1% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The Before 1950 band contains 25 recorded buildings for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality, representing 0.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 947 recorded buildings for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality, representing 16.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1990–2009, with 3,418 buildings, or 57.6% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 1,481 recorded buildings for Villanueva de la Cañada municipality, representing 24.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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