Villena, Alicante property and area FAQs

Villena is a city and municipality in Spain, in the Valencian Community. It is located at the northwest part of Alicante, and borders to the west with Castilla-La Mancha and Murcia, to the north with the province of Valencia and to the east and south with the province of Alicante. It is the capital of the comarca of the Alto Vinalopó.

For Villena, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 14 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Villena, at a recorded elevation of approximately 498 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Las Virtudes (366 residents in the cited settlement record), Las Tiesas (328 residents in the cited settlement record), Casas de Cabanes y las Fuentes (164 residents in the cited settlement record), Cascante (139 residents in the cited settlement record), and La Encina (131 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.

There is evidence of settlement in the area from Middle Paleolithic. However, it is on dispute if the current city dates from visigothic times or before, though certainly it existed in the 11th century, during the Muslim period. After the Christian conquest, it became Seigneury, Principality, Duchy and finally Marquisate, until the people, encouraged by the Catholic Monarchs, revolted against the marquis. In 1525 Charles V conceded the title of City to Villena. This is the most economically prosperous period, as shown by the monuments that survived to nowadays. Although a railway station was inaugurated in 1858, economy kept being mainly agricultural until the rural exode that took place in the 1960s. Then, the economic model changed rapidly so that currently economy is based mainly on tertiary sector and industry, chiefly footwear, construction and furniture.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 345.6 square kilometres for Villena municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Villena is shown within Alicante province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 505 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The stated official-data scope is Villena 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 03140 and keeps the province label Alicante. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The official municipality context used for Villena has INE code 03140. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 38.6350, -0.8658. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

Villena 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 Villena municipality is 33,866, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Villena municipality, recorded population changed by 0.5%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Villena municipality is €11,956 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 43.3 years for Villena municipality, for period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Villena municipality changed by 0.5%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The displayed series for Villena municipality begins at 33,697 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 Villena 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.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 8.9% for Villena municipality, in period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Villena municipality, the highest population value is 33,866 residents in 2023.

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

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Villena municipality records €553 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €910 per square metre for Villena municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Villena municipality begins at €617 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 Villena municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €910 per m² in 2026Q1.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional foreign-buyer share value for Comunitat Valenciana changed by 9.1%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The latest displayed MITMA point records 168 housing transactions in 2026Q2 for Villena municipality.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed appraised housing value observations for Villena municipality is €747 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

506 of 717 recorded transactions inform the published price measures for Villena municipality, equal to 70.6%.

Within the same displayed series for Villena municipality, the lowest appraised housing value value is €617 per m² in 2023Q2.

From 2023Q2 to 2026Q1, the displayed appraised housing value value for Villena municipality changed by 47.6%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The displayed series for Alicante province begins at €1,813 per m² in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Dirección General del Catastro records 8,468 buildings for Villena municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 18,446 dwellings for Villena 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 1,955 for Villena municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 3,639 energy certificates for Villena municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 3,368 buildings, or 40.0% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 1,862 recorded buildings for Villena municipality, representing 22.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Villena municipality, 5.5% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The Before 1950 band contains 3,368 recorded buildings for Villena municipality, representing 40.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 18,446 dwellings across 8,468 buildings for Villena municipality, or approximately 2.18 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1990–2009 band contains 1,733 recorded buildings for Villena municipality, representing 20.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 184 recorded buildings for Villena municipality, representing 2.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 2 listings for Villena. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

The current public inventory is: 2 villas. Only types with at least one eligible live listing receive an indexable area/type page.

Published asking prices in the current NLS inventory run from €149,995 to €499,995. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

The difference between the current published minimum of €149,995 and maximum of €499,995 is €350,000. This describes the live mix of listings and is not a market-value estimate.

No. The Villena count includes only active listings that are eligible for the public NLS catalogue at the time the page is generated. Draft, withdrawn, private and feed-private records do not create a public area or property-type page.

NLS currently shows 2 eligible public villas for Villena, equal to 100.0% of the 2-listing area inventory.