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View of FrailesDispuesta · CC BY-SA 4.0

Frailes

Village

Frailes is a municipality in the Spanish province of Jaén, autonomous community of Andalucia, with a total area of 41.37 km2, a population of 1551 inhabitants in 2024 (INE figures) and a population density of 43.41 inhab/ km2. It was immortalised by the British writer, Michael Jacobs, in his 2003 book, The Factory of Light.

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Village information

Coat of arms of Frailes
Province
Jaén
Autonomous community
Andalucía
Population (INE 2025)
1,565
Altitude
965 m
Area (IGN)
41.1 km²
Postcode
23690
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What to see

  1. 1Iglesia de Santa Lucía
  2. 2Ermita de San Antonio
  3. 3Ermita de San Pedro
  4. 4Ermita del Calvario
  5. 5Lavadero Público
  6. 6Atalaya
Data from OpenStreetMapSee more

What to do

  1. 1Hiking: GR 7 · Andalucía - North Route (Província de Jaén)
  2. 2Cycling route: La Martina (Collados de Frailes) * Castillo de Locubín
  3. 3Cycling route: La Martina (Collados de Frailes) * Charilla
Data from OpenStreetMapSee more

Photo gallery

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  • Dispuesta · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Michelangelo-36 · Public domain
  • ánomimo. · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • 5 places to stayIllustrative photo · Basotxerri · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Accommodation

    5 places to stay in Frailes

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  • 7 restaurantsIllustrative photo · David Adam Kess · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Eat

    7 restaurants in Frailes

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  • 3 experiencesIllustrative photo · Basotxerri · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Experiences

    3 experiences in Frailes

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Useful information

Everything you need for your visit or your day-to-day

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Town council

    • Phone: 953 59 30 02
    • Official website: www.frailes.es
    • Email: aytofrailes@telefonica.net

Services and transport

Travelling with your pet

Parks, beaches and places to stay that OpenStreetMap marks as dog-friendly. Many places allow dogs without it being marked: ask when you book.

Education, sport and elderly care

Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes95 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes99 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes96 %

No data on: tourist office, train station, ATMs, post office, EV chargers, car parks, street market, primary school, secondary school, pool, care home.

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. Town hall contact details: General Database of Local Entities (Spanish Ministry of Finance); tourist offices: each region's open registry, where it publishes one. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

Frailes Town Hall

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Where to sleep in Frailes

5 registered places to stay

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