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Jaén

Provincial capital

Jaén is a municipality of Spain and the capital of the province of Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia.

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The city of Jaén is the administrative and industrial centre for the province. Industrial establishments in the city include chemical works, tanneries, distilleries, cookie factories, textile factories, as well as agricultural and olive oil processing machinery industry.

The layout of Jaén is determined by its position on the foothills of the Cerro de Santa Catalina, with steep, narrow streets, in the historic core.

Its population is 112,757 (2020), about one-sixth of the population of the province. Jaén had an increase in cultural tourism in the mid-2010s, having received 604,523 tourists in 2015, 10% more than in 2014.

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Village information

Coat of arms of Jaén
Province
Jaén
Autonomous community
Andalucía
Population (INE 2025)
112,235
Altitude
576 m
Mayor
Julio Millán Muñoz (Partido Socialista Obrero Español)
Area (IGN)
424 km²
Postcode
23001–23009
Demonym
jaenero / jienense
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What to see

  1. 1Catedral de Jaén
  2. 2Baños árabes de Jaén
  3. 3Castillo de Santa Catalina I
  4. 4Arco de San Lorenzo
  5. 5Museo de Jaén
  6. 6Balneario y jardines de Jabalcuz
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What to do

  1. 1Hiking: Camino Mozárabe desde Jaén
  2. 2Climbing
  3. 3Street market
  4. 4Cycling route: Camino Natural Vía Verde del Aceite: Jaén a rio Guadajoz
  5. 5Cycling route: Castillo de Sasnta Catalina
  6. 6Hiking: Cresta del Diablo
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Photo gallery

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  • 25 places to stayIllustrative photo · Basotxerri · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Accommodation

    25 places to stay in Jaén

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  • 240 restaurantsIllustrative photo · Basotxerri · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Eat

    240 restaurants in Jaén

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  • 7 experiencesIllustrative photo · Alberto-g-rovi · CC BY-SA 3.0

    Experiences

    7 experiences in Jaén

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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 21 91 00
    • Official website: www.aytojaen.es
    • Email: alcaldia@aytojaen.es
    • Phone: +34 953 19 04 55
    • Website: turjaen.org
    • Email: oficinaturismo@aytojaen.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 homes98 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes100 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes100 %

No data on: motorhomes, street market.

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.

Jaén Town Hall

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Where to sleep in Jaén

25 registered places to stay

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