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Vélez-Blanco is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. In 2018, the population was 1,938.
Its surface area is 441.31 square kilometres (170.39 sq mi) with a population density of 4.39 per square kilometre (11.4/sq mi). Its geographical co-ordinates are 37° 41'N 2° 05'W. It is located at an altitude of 1,070 metres (3,510 ft) and 164 kilometres (102 mi) from the provincial capital, Almeria. It belongs to the Los Vélez region.
The Castillo de Vélez-Blanco was built in the 16th century by the Fajardo. Also noteworthy are the church of Santiago, the Convent of San Luis and the Cave of the Signboards, in which is the Indalo, cave painting of the late Neolithic or Copper Age that represents a human figure, and that has become the sign from the province of Almería. The cave was declared a National Historic Monument in 1924 and later in 1998 also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Both Vélez-Blanco and Vélez-Rubio share the same gentilicios, egetano and egetana, although this term was coined by Vélez-Blanco and, later, Vélez-Rubio adopted the same word for its inhabitants.
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| Renting a house (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Vélez-Blanco | €250/month |
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| Buying a home (appraised value)MIVAU, appraised value of private housing · Q2 2026 · figure for the province of Almería | €1,493/m² |
| Average net household incomeINE, Income Distribution Atlas · 2023 · figure for Vélez-Blanco | €25,664/year |
| Petrol 95Ministry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 3 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.865/litre |
| DieselMinistry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 3 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.842/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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