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View of La IruelaZiegler175 · CC BY-SA 3.0

La Iruela

Mountain village

La Iruela is a town located in the province of Jaén, Andalusia, Spain. It sits on a peak of the Sierra de Cazorla and is home to the ruins of an 11th-century Moorish, and later Templar, fortress which towers over the road from Cazorla to the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park. According to the 2005 census (INE), the city has a population of 1894 inhabitants.

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Village information

Coat of arms of La Iruela
Province
Jaén
Autonomous community
Andalucía
Population (INE 2025)
1,819
Altitude
940,507 m
Area (IGN)
123 km²
Postcode
23476
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What to see

  1. 1Castillo La Iruela
  2. 2Ruinas de la iglesia de Santo Domingo
  3. 3Castillo de Nubla
  4. 4Cascada
  5. 5Templo del Espíritu Santo
  6. 6Cueva
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What to do

  1. 1Hiking: GR 247
  2. 2Hiking: GR 7 · Andalucía - North Route (Província de Jaén)
  3. 3Parque Natural de la Sierra de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas
  4. 4Hiking: PR-A 192 · Cumbre del Banderillas
  5. 5Cycling route: Las Palomas * Cazorla ~ Atajo
  6. 6Cycling route: Las Palomas * Cazorla ~ Hilario Marcos
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Photo gallery

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  • Benjamin Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Falk2 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Falk2 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Ljherrero · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Ziegler175 · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • 159 places to stayIllustrative photo · Basotxerri · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Accommodation

    159 places to stay in La Iruela

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  • 21 restaurantsIllustrative photo · Grey World · CC BY 2.0

    Eat

    21 restaurants in La Iruela

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

    Experiences

    6 experiences in La Iruela

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Useful information

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

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Town council

  • La Iruela Town Hall
    • Official website: www.lairuela.es
    • Email: lairuela@promojaen.es

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 homes78 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes100 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes100 %

No data on: tourist office, train station, post office, EV chargers, motorhomes, street market, secondary school.

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.

La Iruela Town Hall

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Where to sleep in La Iruela

159 registered places to stay

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