List of municipalities in Jaén

Map of Spain with the province of Jaén highlighted Map of the municipalities in the province of Jaén

Jaén is a province in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, which is divided into 97 municipalities. As of the 2024[update] Spanish census, Jaén is the 27th most populous of Spain's 50 provincesn, with 619,055 inhabitants,[1] and the 14th largest by land area, spanning 13,486.05 square kilometres (5,206.99 sq mi).[2][3] Municipalities are the most basic local political division in Spain[4] and can only belong to one province.[5] They enjoy a large degree of autonomy in their local administration, being in charge of tasks such as urban planning, water supply, lighting, roads, local police, and firefighting.[6]

The organisation of municipalities in Spain is outlined by the local government law Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local (transl. Law 7/1985, of 2 April, Regulating the Bases of the Local Administration), which was passed by the Cortes Generales—Spain’s national parliament—on 2 April 1985[7] and finalised by royal decree on 18 April 1986.[8] Municipalities in Jaén are also governed by the Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia, which includes provisions concerning their relations with Andalusia's autonomous government.[9] All citizens of Spain are required to register in the municipality in which they reside.[10] Each municipality is a corporation[a] with independent legal personhood: its governing body is called the ayuntamiento (municipal council or corporation),[12] a term often also used to refer to the municipal offices (city and town halls). The ayuntamiento is composed of the mayor (Spanish: alcalde), the deputy mayors (tenientes de alcalde) and the councillors (concejales), who form the plenary (pleno), the deliberative body.[13] Municipalities are categorised by population for determining the number of councillors: three when the population is up to 100 inhabitants, five for 101–250, seven for 251–1,000, nine for 1,001–2,000, eleven for 2,001–5,000, thirteen for 5,001–10,000, seventeen for 10,001–20,000, twenty-one for 20,001–50,000, and twenty-five for 50,001–100,000. One councillor is added for every additional 100,000 inhabitants, with a further one included if the total would otherwise be even, to avoid tied votes.[14]

The mayor and the deputy mayors are elected by the plenary assembly, which is itself elected by universal suffrage.[15] Elections in municipalities with more than 250 inhabitants are carried out following a proportional representation system with closed lists,[14] whilst those with a population lower than 250 use a block plurality voting system with open lists.[16] The plenary assembly must meet periodically, with meetings occurring more or less frequently depending on the population of the municipality: monthly for those whose population is larger than 20,000, once every two months if it ranges between 5,001 and 20,000, and once every three months if it does not exceed 5,000.[17] Many ayuntamientos also have a local governing board (Spanish: junta de gobierno local), which is appointed by the mayor from amongst the councillors and is required for municipalities of over 5,000 inhabitants.[13] The board, whose role is to assist the mayor between meetings of the plenary assembly, may not include more than one third of the councillors.[18]

The largest municipality by population in the province as of the 2024 Spanish census is Jaén, its capital, with 111,945 residents, while the smallest is Hinojares, with 349 residents.[19] The largest municipality by area is Andújar, which spans 963.60 square kilometres (372.05 sq mi), while Jamilena is the smallest at 8.99 square kilometres (3.47 sq mi).[2]

## Municipalities

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* Largest municipalities in the province of Jaén by population
* Jaén is the province's capital and largest municipality by population.

* Linares, the second largest municipality by population in the province of Jaén

* Andújar is the province of Jaén's third largest municipality by population.

* Úbeda, the province of Jaén's fourth largest municipality by population

† Provincial capital

Municipalities in the province of Jaén Name  | Population
(2024 census)[19] | Population
(2011 census)[20] | Population change  | Land area (km²)[2] | Population density
(2024)

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Albanchez de Mágina | 929  | 1,230  | −24.5% | 38.83 | 23.9/km2
Alcalá la Real | 21,610  | 22,722  | −4.9% | 261.36 | 82.7/km2
Alcaudete | 10,286  | 11,081  | −7.2% | 236.84 | 43.4/km2
Aldeaquemada | 453  | 543  | −16.6% | 120.28 | 3.8/km2
Andújar | 35,737  | 38,813  | −7.9% | 963.60 | 37.1/km2
Arjona | 5,374  | 5,745  | −6.5% | 158.45 | 33.9/km2
Arjonilla | 3,530  | 3,827  | −7.8% | 42.56 | 82.9/km2
Arquillos | 1,685  | 1,961  | −14.1% | 65.98 | 25.5/km2
Arroyo del Ojanco | 2,183  | 2,492  | −12.4% | 57.31 | 38.1/km2
Baeza | 15,679  | 16,446  | −4.7% | 192.77 | 81.3/km2
Bailén | 17,262  | 18,695  | −7.7% | 117.14 | 147.4/km2
Baños de la Encina | 2,565  | 2,706  | −5.2% | 392.32 | 6.5/km2
Beas de Segura | 4,974  | 5,776  | −13.9% | 159.37 | 31.2/km2
Bedmar y Garcíez | 2,571  | 3,057  | −15.9% | 118.80 | 21.6/km2
Begíjar | 2,947  | 3,130  | −5.8% | 42.79 | 68.9/km2
Bélmez de la Moraleda | 1,509  | 1,752  | −13.9% | 49.44 | 30.5/km2
Benatae | 428  | 550  | −22.2% | 44.46 | 9.6/km2
Cabra del Santo Cristo | 1,649  | 2,027  | −18.6% | 187.03 | 8.8/km2
Cambil | 2,631  | 2,888  | −8.9% | 139.88 | 18.8/km2
Campillo de Arenas | 1,702  | 2,026  | −16.0% | 116.59 | 14.6/km2
Canena | 1,754  | 2,089  | −16.0% | 14.36 | 122.1/km2
Carboneros | 593  | 665  | −10.8% | 58.61 | 10.1/km2
Cárcheles | 1,289  | 1,492  | −13.6% | 40.50 | 31.8/km2
La Carolina | 14,709  | 15,882  | −7.4% | 201.37 | 73.0/km2
Castellar | 3,154  | 3,525  | −10.5% | 157.36 | 20.0/km2
Castillo de Locubín | 3,853  | 4,626  | −16.7% | 102.55 | 37.6/km2
Cazalilla | 773  | 912  | −15.2% | 46.63 | 16.6/km2
Cazorla | 7,004  | 7,941  | −11.8% | 305.40 | 22.9/km2
Chiclana de Segura | 881  | 1,119  | −21.3% | 235.91 | 3.7/km2
Chilluévar | 1,321  | 1,629  | −18.9% | 38.78 | 34.1/km2
Escañuela | 902  | 982  | −8.1% | 13.75 | 65.6/km2
Espeluy | 592  | 735  | −19.5% | 25.49 | 23.2/km2
Frailes | 1,551  | 1,706  | −9.1% | 40.34 | 38.4/km2
Fuensanta de Martos | 3,014  | 3,223  | −6.5% | 54.04 | 55.8/km2
Fuerte del Rey | 1,341  | 1,397  | −4.0% | 35.09 | 38.2/km2
Génave | 551  | 629  | −12.4% | 63.58 | 8.7/km2
La Guardia de Jaén | 5,244  | 4,505  | +16.4% | 38.43 | 136.5/km2
Guarromán | 2,758  | 2,917  | −5.5% | 96.21 | 28.7/km2
Higuera de Calatrava | 590  | 642  | −8.1% | 38.76 | 15.2/km2
Hinojares | 349  | 436  | −20.0% | 40.04 | 8.7/km2
Hornos | 579  | 679  | −14.7% | 117.58 | 4.9/km2
Huelma | 5,521  | 6,152  | −10.3% | 250.29 | 22.1/km2
Huesa | 2,417  | 2,652  | −8.9% | 138.43 | 17.5/km2
Ibros | 2,767  | 3,050  | −9.3% | 56.00 | 49.4/km2
La Iruela | 1,861  | 2,094  | −11.1% | 123.97 | 15.0/km2
Iznatoraf | 880  | 1,079  | −18.4% | 86.54 | 10.2/km2
Jabalquinto | 1,964  | 2,332  | −15.8% | 73.24 | 26.8/km2
Jaén†  | 111,945  | 116,469  | −3.9% | 424.23 | 263.9/km2
Jamilena | 3,300  | 3,478  | −5.1% | 8.99 | 367.1/km2
Jimena | 1,240  | 1,401  | −11.5% | 48.04 | 25.8/km2
Jódar | 11,362  | 12,090  | −6.0% | 148.78 | 76.4/km2
Lahiguera | 1,589  | 1,854  | −14.3% | 44.75 | 35.5/km2
Larva | 440  | 489  | −10.0% | 41.76 | 10.5/km2
Linares | 55,303  | 60,799  | −9.0% | 196.70 | 281.2/km2
Lopera | 3,539  | 3,886  | −8.9% | 67.91 | 52.1/km2
Lupión | 804  | 961  | −16.3% | 24.33 | 33.0/km2
Mancha Real | 11,382  | 11,254  | +1.1% | 97.70 | 116.5/km2
Marmolejo | 6,521  | 7,346  | −11.2% | 178.12 | 36.6/km2
Martos | 24,423  | 24,457  | −0.1% | 261.10 | 93.5/km2
Mengíbar | 10,035  | 9,826  | +2.1% | 62.34 | 161.0/km2
Montizón | 1,525  | 1,891  | −19.4% | 211.98 | 7.2/km2
Navas de San Juan | 4,419  | 4,959  | −10.9% | 175.91 | 25.1/km2
Noalejo | 1,795  | 2,077  | −13.6% | 49.96 | 35.9/km2
Orcera | 1,715  | 1,987  | −13.7% | 126.30 | 13.6/km2
Peal de Becerro | 5,272  | 5,550  | −5.0% | 147.36 | 35.8/km2
Pegalajar | 2,832  | 3,081  | −8.1% | 79.95 | 35.4/km2
Porcuna | 5,900  | 6,798  | −13.2% | 175.57 | 33.6/km2
Pozo Alcón | 4,583  | 5,245  | −12.6% | 138.61 | 33.1/km2
Puente de Génave | 2,180  | 2,279  | −4.3% | 38.84 | 56.1/km2
La Puerta de Segura | 2,245  | 2,617  | −14.2% | 97.45 | 23.0/km2
Quesada | 4,950  | 5,875  | −15.7% | 328.35 | 15.1/km2
Rus | 3,412  | 3,775  | −9.6% | 46.89 | 72.8/km2
Sabiote | 3,780  | 4,207  | −10.1% | 111.94 | 33.8/km2
Santa Elena | 868  | 982  | −11.6% | 145.48 | 6.0/km2
Santiago-Pontones | 2,700  | 3,572  | −24.4% | 682.34 | 4.0/km2
Santiago de Calatrava | 672  | 819  | −17.9% | 47.54 | 14.1/km2
Santisteban del Puerto | 4,455  | 4,779  | −6.8% | 372.89 | 11.9/km2
Santo Tomé | 2,071  | 2,532  | −18.2% | 73.48 | 28.2/km2
Segura de la Sierra | 1,685  | 1,948  | −13.5% | 224.87 | 7.5/km2
Siles | 2,108  | 2,418  | −12.8% | 176.12 | 12.0/km2
Sorihuela del Guadalimar | 1,036  | 1,324  | −21.8% | 55.31 | 18.7/km2
Torreblascopedro | 2,404  | 2,799  | −14.1% | 61.43 | 39.1/km2
Torredelcampo | 13,937  | 14,654  | −4.9% | 182.16 | 76.5/km2
Torredonjimeno | 13,258  | 14,107  | −6.0% | 157.78 | 84.0/km2
Torreperogil | 7,115  | 7,115  | 0.0%  | 90.94 | 78.2/km2
Torres | 1,348  | 1,620  | −16.8% | 80.04 | 16.8/km2
Torres de Albánchez | 743  | 949  | −21.7% | 57.89 | 12.8/km2
Úbeda | 33,665  | 35,622  | −5.5% | 403.92 | 83.3/km2
Valdepeñas de Jaén | 3,554  | 4,091  | −13.1% | 183.79 | 19.3/km2
Vilches | 4,213  | 4,822  | −12.6% | 273.38 | 15.4/km2
Villacarrillo | 10,329  | 11,311  | −8.7% | 239.55 | 43.1/km2
Villanueva de la Reina | 2,965  | 3,361  | −11.8% | 209.26 | 14.2/km2
Villanueva del Arzobispo | 7,779  | 8,909  | −12.7% | 177.81 | 43.7/km2
Villardompardo | 924  | 1,094  | −15.5% | 17.47 | 52.9/km2
Los Villares | 6,083  | 5,935  | +2.5% | 88.61 | 68.6/km2
Villarrodrigo | 394  | 455  | −13.4% | 78.39 | 5.0/km2
Villatorres | 4,272  | 4,498  | −5.0% | 72.68 | 58.8/km2
Province of Jaén | 619,055[21] | 667,484[22] | −7.3% | 13,486.05 | 45.9/km2
Andalusia | 8,631,862[21] | 8,371,270[22] | +3.1% | 87,587.59 | 98.6/km2
Spain | 48,619,695[21] | 46,815,916[22] | +3.9% | 504,755.17 | 96.3/km2

## See also

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* Geography of Spain
* List of municipalities of Spain

## Notes

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1. ^ Within the context of local government in Spain, a corporation is a legal entity representing a municipality. Each municipality is empowered to govern over a specific piece of land and its population.[11]

## References

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1. ^ "Censo anual de población 2021-2024. Resultados nacionales, por comunidades autónomas y provincias. Población por sexo, edad (año a año) y nacionalidad (española/extranjera)" (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
2. ^ a b c "Nomenclátor Geográfico de Municipios y Entidades de Población" (in Spanish). Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica. Retrieved 21 May 2025. To access the information, scroll down the page and download the file entitled "Nomenclátor Geográfico de Municipios y Entidades de Población" by clicking the left icon in the column "Descarga". Then open the downloaded zip folder and the file titled "MUNICIPIOS", which provides the land area for every municipality in Spain under the header "Superficie".
3. ^ "Superficie y población de las provincias". Instituto Geográfico Nacional. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
4. ^ BOE 1985, p. 11.
5. ^ BOE 1985, p. 14.
6. ^ BOE 1985, pp. 22–23.
7. ^ BOE 1985.
8. ^ BOE 1986.
9. ^ BOE 2007, p. 24.
10. ^ BOE 1985, p. 15.
11. ^ BOE 1985, p. 13.
12. ^ BOE 1985, pp. 13–14.
13. ^ a b BOE 1985, p. 19.
14. ^ a b LOREG 1985, p. 65.
15. ^ LOREG 1985, p. 7.
16. ^ LOREG 1985, p. 66.
17. ^ BOE 1985, p. 33.
18. ^ BOE 1985, p. 21.
19. ^ a b "Censo anual de población 2021-2024. Resultados por municipios. Población por sexo, edad (grupos quinquenales) y nacionalidad (española/extranjera)" (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
20. ^ "Censos de Población y Viviendas 2011. Resultados Municipales - Huelva. Población por municipios, sexo y edad (año a año)" (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
21. ^ a b c "Censo anual de población 2021-2024. Resultados nacionales, por comunidades autónomas y provincias. Población por sexo, edad (año a año) y nacionalidad (española/extranjera)" (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
22. ^ a b c "Censos de Población y Viviendas 2011. Resultados Nacionales, por Comunidades Autónomas y Provincias. Población según comunidad autónoma y provincia y sexo" (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. Retrieved 21 May 2025.

### Works cited

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* "Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). 3 April 1985. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
* "Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). 20 June 1985. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
* "Real Decreto Legislativo 781/1986, de 18 de abril, por el que se aprueba el texto refundido de las disposiciones legales vigentes en materia de Régimen Local" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). 22 April 1986. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
* "Ley Orgánica 2/2007, de 19 de marzo, de reforma del Estatuto de Autonomía para Andalucía" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). 20 March 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 December 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2025.

## External links

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