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View of MoratallaWerner Wilmes · CC BY 2.0

Moratalla

Town

Moratalla is a small town and the center of a large municipality of the same name in the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia in southeastern Spain. In 2018, the population of Moratalla was 7,944: some 5,600 in the town of Moratalla itself and the rest in districts such as Otos, Benizar, El Sabinar or Casa Requena.

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Its main economic resources are tourism and agriculture (apricots, almonds, olives and olive oil, wood, barley).

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Village information

Coat of arms of Moratalla
Province
Murcia
Population (INE 2025)
7,518
Altitude
631 m
Area (IGN)
956 km²
Postcode
30440
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Where to sleep in Moratalla

218 registered places to stay

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Moratalla at a glance

Distance to a city
Lorca, 60 km away
The nearest city of over 50,000 people (98,969 inhab.)
Murcia, the provincial capital, 70 km away
As the crow flies: further by road.
Population
7,518 inhabitants
INE population register, 2025
Connections and getting around
Bus: nearest stop 10 km away
Train: Hellin, 40 km away
Airport: Murcia, 79 km away
Stops and stations from OpenStreetMap; distances as the crow flies.
Grants and subsidies
Where to look for them
Regional government website (Región de Murcia)
Official grants search (BDNS)
Youth Rent Allowance (Ministry of Housing)
Local work
No offers listed right now
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Housing
Rent: €270/month
Municipal median, 2024
Buying: €1,350/m² (appraised value, provincial average)
Where each figure comes from
Healthcare
2 health centres
2 pharmacies
Education
6 primary schools
1 secondary school
Sports facilities
25 in the village
Connectivity
Fibre in 91% of homes
4G in 96%
5G in 96%

Useful information

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Services and transport

Travelling with your pet

  • Camping La Puerta· Campsite

    Phone: +34 968 730 008Website: www.campinglapuerta.com

Parks, beaches and places to stay that OpenStreetMap marks as dog-friendly. Many places allow dogs without it being marked: ask when you book.

Education, sport and elderly care

Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes91 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes96 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes96 %

No data on: train station, transport, EV chargers, motorhomes, street market, nursery school, pool, care home.

Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract from October 2026: we count what is mapped within the municipal boundary. "No data" means OpenStreetMap doesn't have it, not that it doesn't exist. Completed with Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): the pharmacies, health centres, petrol stations, banks, cash machines, food shops and schools that OpenStreetMap was missing. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

Housing

Right now nobody has listed a home or land in Moratalla. Rental and purchase prices for the area are under “Cost of living”.

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Cost of living

Official figures, each with its source, its year and whether it refers to the village or the province. They are medians and averages: your case may differ.

Cost of living in Moratalla, with the source of each figure
Renting a flat (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Moratalla · 67 leases€270/month
Renting a house (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Moratalla€305/month
Buying a home (appraised value)MIVAU, appraised value of private housing · Q2 2026 · figure for the province of Murcia€1,350/m²
Average net household incomeINE, Income Distribution Atlas · 2023 · figure for Moratalla€26,888/year
Petrol 95Ministry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 5 petrol stations within 10 km€1.803/litre
DieselMinistry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 5 petrol stations within 10 km€1.905/litre

Sources: State Housing Rent Index System and appraised housing value (Spanish Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda); Household Income Distribution Atlas (INE); fuel prices (Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition). Open data, reusable with attribution. The set lunch menu and coffee aren't shown: there are no public statistics on those prices by village or by province.

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