Femés

A village within Yaiza

Femés belongs to the municipality of Yaiza, but Femés and Yaiza are not interchangeable place names. The village is a settlement within that wider administrative area. For a visitor, the distinction matters when identifying a destination: a reference to the municipality does not necessarily mean the village itself.

The recorded population of Femés was 219 in 2023. That figure applies to the village, not to the municipality as a whole. It establishes the modest scale of the settlement, although a resident count alone does not tell you how many people will be around during a visit. Nor should a figure from 2023 be read as a current headcount.

Within Lanzarote, Femés sits in the village category rather than among the island's larger towns. Its basic identity is therefore quite specific: a small residential settlement, part of Yaiza municipality, on an island in the Canary Islands, Spain. That is the useful geographical distinction to retain when planning a stop here.

Planning a visit

A visit to Femés needs more practical information than its population and municipal identity can provide. The village's small resident count does not establish what facilities are available, how to get there or how long to allow. It also does not establish that the streets will be quiet, that parking will be straightforward or that food will be available when you arrive.

For a trip centred on a particular building, a walk or a meal, the relevant access and availability need checking before setting out. There is no basis here for promising a named landmark, a signed walking route or a particular service. Equally, being part of Yaiza municipality should not be taken to mean that facilities associated with Yaiza are in Femés itself.

The sound starting point is its location and scale: Femés is a village on Lanzarote with 219 inhabitants recorded in 2023. More detailed plans should rest on confirmed arrangements rather than assumptions about what a village of that size will contain.

Femés in context

Lanzarote has separate destinations ranging from towns and villages to beaches and visitor attractions. Femés belongs to the towns and villages part of that picture. It is not the name of a beach or a visitor attraction, and its administrative connection is with Yaiza.

That distinction helps keep comparisons grounded. Arrecife, Playa Blanca, Teguise and Haría are other named places on the island, but their inclusion alongside Femés does not make them equivalent in scale or character. The confirmed population figure for Femés is 219 in 2023; no comparable figures are needed to identify it as a small village.

Nor does its location on Lanzarote establish a direct connection with any particular beach or attraction. Places such as Timanfaya National Park and Playas de Papagayo are separate destinations, not features of Femés. A page about the village should keep that separation clear rather than borrowing the island's better-known sights to fill out its identity. Femés is best identified by its own name, its village status and its place within Yaiza municipality.

Population and scale

The population recorded for Femés in 2023 was 219 inhabitants. This is the clearest concrete measure of the village's size, and it refers specifically to residents rather than visitors. It should not be used as a count of everyone present on a particular day.

A population figure also has limits as a travel description. It cannot establish the number of buildings, the arrangement of streets or the presence of shops, places to eat or public facilities. None of those details follows automatically from a village having a small resident population. The same applies to atmosphere: a modest headcount does not guarantee silence or an absence of passing traffic.

What the figure does support is a straightforward description of Femés as a small settlement within the municipality of Yaiza. Keeping the date attached matters, too. The figure belongs to 2023, rather than being an undated claim about the village today. For visitors, that gives useful background without turning a demographic fact into promises about the experience on the ground.

What to look for

• Identify Femés as a village within the municipality of Yaiza
• Distinguish the village from the wider municipality around it
• Explore a settlement with 219 inhabitants recorded in 2023
• Locate Femés within Lanzarote's network of towns and villages
• Keep nearby travel plans separate from the village itself