Fuenlabrada

Two hamlets and a fountain

According to the Town Council, Fuenlabrada arose from the repopulations by the Castilian kings in the 12th century, from the hamlets of Loranca and Fregacedos, resettled with around ten families. By the 14th century its inhabitants had moved to the present old town. Residents of the time explained the name by an old stone-carved fountain near the village.

A privilege from the Catholic Monarchs

The Catholic Monarchs granted a privilege that prevented troops from being lodged in the village and its residents from being taken to war, which lasted into the 19th century. The Council's oldest document dates from 1571, and by the end of the 17th century the old town was laid out, with a little over a thousand inhabitants.

The demographic leap

Fuenlabrada had 2,175 inhabitants in 1894 and 2,908 in 1960; it rose to 7,369 in 1970, 65,181 in 1980 and 141,496 in 1990. The Council attributes the growth of the 1980s to migration, mainly from Andalusia and Extremadura, and a high birth rate.

What it means for buyers and sellers

• In July 2026 it is the 25th of the 32 municipalities analysed by median closing price.
• It is a municipal median: compare homes in the same neighbourhood and of the same type.

Source for the historical context: Fuenlabrada Town Council (history of the city).

Data and statistics

Fuenlabrada is a municipality in the Community of Madrid. According to the Community of Madrid's statistical tables, it covers 39.28 km² and lies 25.8 km by road from the capital. The INE's official population figures give 190,076 registered inhabitants for 2025.

In July 2026, the median price of completed sales in the municipality of Fuenlabrada was €2,791/m². Since January (€2,474/m²), the figure rose in 5 of the 6 months that can be compared with the previous one, without a steady climb.

Among the 2026 figures published, the highest is May (€2,813/m²) and the lowest, January (€2,474/m²).

The report publishes a year-on-year change of +12.4% and a year-to-date change of +12.8%, with €2,483/m² in July 2025 as the prior-year starting point. They compare medians of different transactions in each period, not the change in value of the same home.

For reference, the July figure is below the one published for the province as a whole (€3,618/m²). These are medians for each area, not averages of the areas they contain.

This guide describes the figure for the area, not an individual home: valuing a property requires comparing similar homes. The report does not say how many transactions underlie each territorial median.

Territorial context: Community of Madrid and National Statistics Institute (INE) (land area of the municipalities (Regional Geographic Information Centre, Community of Madrid); road distance to the capital (Directorate-General for Economy and Industry, Community of Madrid); official population figures, Madrid: population by municipality and sex (INE)), accessed 2 November 2026. Official information, separate from the Huspy statistics.

Source of the statistics: Huspy Market Insights · Madrid, October 2026 edition. Completed sales, median in €/m²; not asking or rental prices. The edition date is not the data date.