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Arenas del Rey is a village located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the city had a population of 1,231 inhabitants.
The village is just north of the Sierras of Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park.
Arenas del Rey was the worst affected village in the Andalusian earthquake of 25 December 1884.
Almost 90% of the houses collapsed, and the rest were badly damaged.
The whole village was a pile of rubble.
The church and all other public buildings were destroyed.
There were 135 deaths and 253 people were injured.
The snowfall that followed caused up to three more deaths per day for over a week.
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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.
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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.
| Renting a flat (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for the province of Granada · 40,241 leases | €499/month |
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| Renting a house (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for the province of Granada | €490/month |
| Buying a home (appraised value)MIVAU, appraised value of private housing · Q2 2026 · figure for the province of Granada | €1,673/m² |
| Average net household incomeINE, Income Distribution Atlas · 2023 · figure for Arenas del Rey | €23,278/year |
| Petrol 95Ministry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 2 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.887/litre |
| DieselMinistry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 2 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.952/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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