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Linares is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Jaén, Andalusia. It is the second-largest city in that province, with a population of 55,261 in the most recent census (2024). The altitude is 419 metres (1,375 feet) and the total area of the municipality is 195.15 square kilometres (75.35 sq mi).
Located on top an easily defendable terrace of the Guadalimar, the site of Castulo in the vicinity of Linares was an important mining center in the Upper Guadalquivir, both as an Oretani oppidum and as a Roman city. Losing population since the 3rd century CE, as well as local primacy (mint and bishopric) to Viatia (Baeza) in late antiquity, Castulo was largely abandoned and ruined by the 8th century, and only temporarily inhabited afterwards. Located some kilometres north of Castulo, Linares' origins lie on urban development around the Islamic fortress, although chronology is moot. First mentioned in 1152 under Castilian rule as a hamlet, Linares had consolidated as a sizeable rural settlement of Baeza by the turn of the 15th century. It received the privilege of township in 1565, thereby emancipating from Baeza.
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| Renting a flat (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Linares · 1,755 leases | €380/month |
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| Renting a house (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Linares | €425/month |
| Buying a home (appraised value)MIVAU, appraised value of private housing · Q2 2026 · figure for Linares | €889/m² |
| Average net household incomeINE, Income Distribution Atlas · 2023 · figure for Linares | €31,679/year |
| Petrol 95Ministry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 17 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.790/litre |
| DieselMinistry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 17 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.919/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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