Provincial capital
Jaén is a municipality of Spain and the capital of the province of Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia.
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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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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| Renting a flat (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Jaén · 5,247 leases | €490/month |
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| Renting a house (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Jaén | €470/month |
| Buying a home (appraised value)MIVAU, appraised value of private housing · Q2 2026 · figure for Jaén | €1,469/m² |
| Average net household incomeINE, Income Distribution Atlas · 2023 · figure for Jaén | €36,801/year |
| Petrol 95Ministry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 31 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.766/litre |
| DieselMinistry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 31 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.886/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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