Jaén Province

This article covers the Spanish province. For the province in Peru see Province Jaén (Cajamarca) .

Jaén Andalusia ,  Spain
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Andalusia
Capital :	Jaén
Official language :	Spanish
Area :	13,496 km²
Residents :	633,564 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	46.94 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 :	ES-J
Website :	dipujaen.com
Location of the province of Jaén

The province of Jaén ( Spanish Provincia de Jaén ) is one of the eight provinces of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain . The capital is Jaén . It is located in the northeast of Andalusia and borders the Andalusian provinces of Córdoba and Granada as well as the provinces Ciudad Real and Albacete of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha . The province extends over 13,496.09 km², its population amounts to 633,564 people (2019), of which around 17% live in the capital. The province comprises 97 municipalities, which have been grouped into ten comarcas since 2003 .

Although Jaén is one of the lesser known provinces in Spain from a tourist point of view, the province has some interesting sights to offer:

• four natural parks : the Sierra de Andújar , Despeñaperros , the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas and the Sierra Mágina
• further nature reserves
• two important Renaissance cities: Úbeda and Baeza
• the annual chess - tournament in Linares regularly attracts the world's best players
• The Puente de Vadollano is a Roman stone arch bridge

The province of Jaén is one of the most important areas in the world for the production of olive oil that characterizes the province.

Population development of the province

Comarcas in the province of Jaén

Comarcas in the province of Jaén

Like all Andalusian provinces, the province of Jaén was divided into comarcas with effect from March 28, 2003 .

Comarca	Population as of Jan. 1, 2013	Communities
Campiña de Jaén	67.287	Andújar, Arjona, Arjonilla, Cazalilla, Escañuela, Espelúy, Lahiguera, Lopera, Marmolejo, Villanueva de la Reina
El Condado	22.802	Arquillos, Castellar, Chiclana de Segura, Montizón, Navas de San Juan, Santisteban del Puerto, Vilches
La Loma	79.266	Baeza, Begíjar, Canena, Ibros, Lupión, Rus, Sabiote, Torreblascopedro, Torreperogil, Úbeda
Comarca Metropolitana de Jaén	223,462	Fuensanta de Martos, Fuerte del Rey, La Guardia de Jaén, Higuera de Calatrava, Jaén, Jamilena, Mancha Real, Martos, Mengíbar, Porcuna, Santiago de Calatrava, Torre del Campo, Torredonjimeno, Villardompardo, Los Villares, Villatorres
Sierra de Cazorla	33,382	Cazorla, Chilluévar, Hinojares, Huesa, La Iruela, Peal de Becerro, Pozo Alcón, Quesada, Santo Tomé
Sierra Magina	41,049	Albanchez de Mágina, Bedmar y Garcíez, Bélmez de la Moraleda, Cabra del Santo Cristo, Cambil, Campillo de Arenas, Cárcheles, Huelma, Jimena, Jódar, Larva, Noalejo, Pegalajar, Torres
Sierra Morena	105,316	Aldeaquemada, Bailén, Baños de la Encina, Carboneros, La Carolina, Guarromán, Jabalquinto, Linares, Santa Elena
Sierra de Segura	26,008	Arroyo del Ojanco, Beas de Segura, Benatae, Génave, Hornos, Orcera, Puente de Génave, La Puerta de Segura, Santiago-Pontones, Segura de la Sierra, Siles, Torres de Albánchez, Villarrodrigo
Sierra Sur	43,942	Alcalá la Real, Alcaudete, Castillo de Locubín, Frailes, Valdepeñas de Jaén
Las Villas	22,402	Iznatoraf, Sorihuela del Guadalimar, Villacarrillo, Villanueva del Arzobispo

Biggest places

The following 15 cities had more than 10,000 inhabitants in 2013.
As of January 1, 2019

local community	Residents
Jaén	112,999
Linares	57,414
Andújar	36,793
Úbeda	34,345
Martos	24,215
Alcalá la Real	21,605
Bailén	17,667
Baeza	15,841
La Carolina	15,261
Torredelcampo	14,247
Torredonjimeno	13,696
Jódar	11,667
Mancha real	11,264
Villacarrillo	10,726
Alcaudete	10,498

Another 13 municipalities had 5,001 to 10,000 inhabitants, 53 had 1,001 to 5,000 inhabitants and 16 municipalities had up to 1,000 inhabitants. The smallest municipality is Hinojares with 401 inhabitants.

See also : List of municipalities in the province of Jaén

traffic

See also : Vadollano freight yard  and Aeródromo de Beas de Segura

Web links

Commons : Province of Jaén  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
2. ↑ Orden de 14 de March 2003, por la que se aprueba el mapa de comarcas de Andalucía a efectos de la planificación de la oferta turística y deportiva, Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía (Official Gazette of the Government of Andalusia), No. 59 of March 27, 2003, p. 6248
3. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).