Jaén · Andalucía · CP 23055
Linares
Linares: living in Jaén
Linares offers 2841 sunshine hours a year, housing prices below the peer average and near-full fibre coverage — a connected urban option in Spain.
Population
55,633
Avg. summer temp
28.8°C
Best place to buy a house
#556 / 8133
Overall score
7.5/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 8.8/10
More affordable than peer places. Housing about 706 €/m²; cost of living at 32% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 8.1/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~48 min; airport ~91 min; Renfe ~15 min; coach ~2 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 4.6/10
Average. About 2,841 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~36.1°C (2/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.8/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 97% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 10.0/10
Better than other places. 11 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 8.4/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 97.5% of padrón; international residents 2.5%.
- Future0.0
Future · 5.1/10
Average. Population +0.7% vs last year; registered unemployment −31.6% over the series; mean age 44.6; foreign residents 2.5%; property prices +4.5% YoY. Growing places with improving jobs score higher.
- Tax0.0
Tax · 3.4/10
In this place taxes are higher than in peer places
- Beauty0.0
Beauty · 3.5/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,450; Natura 2000 covers about 0.7% of the area (nearest site ~5.2 km).
Place location
Linares in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
44.6
<16
14.7%
16–64
64.6%
65+
20.7%
International community
Spanish nationals: 55,980 (97.5%)
Foreign residents: 1,434 (2.5%)
- Morocco: 336
- Pakistan: 215
- Romania: 173
- China: 130
- Colombia: 61
- Brazil: 37
- Algeria: 32
- Dominican Republic: 30
English speakers ≈ 15
Housing
Price €/m²
€706
Flats €/m²
650 €
Houses €/m²
762 €
6-year change
+30.2%
Province rank: # / 98 · 60% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land (38.10, -3.64)
334 approx. sunny days · 2 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
97.4%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Jaén
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01El Piélago (Open in Maps)
Monumento Natural · 9 km
- 02Laguna Grande (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural · 18.5 km
Day trip
- 03Sierra de Andújar (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 26.3 km
- 04Alto Guadalquivir (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural · 28.6 km
- 05Despeñaperros (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 28.8 km
- 06Sierra Mágina (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 31.5 km
- 07Valle de Alcudia y Sierra Madrona (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 36.4 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Linares
€4,632
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€354
People in Madrid pay less tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€236
People in Barcelona pay more tax than here
In Linares you pay €1,019 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
11.9%
SEPE unemployed
4,292
Affiliated workers (approx.)
25,232
Self-employed (approx.)
4,313
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Municipal finance
Income 2025
€66,594,000
Expenses
€66,594,000
Balance
€0
Spending by function (k€)
Local government
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María Auxiliadora del Olmo Ruiz (PP)
2023–2027 · Partido Popular
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto de Granada (GRX) · 140.4 km · 91 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Jaén) · 53.4 km · 48 min
High-speed rail
AVE Córdoba Central · 119.9 km · 85 min
Nearest coast
Playa de la Malagueta (Málaga) · 251.6 km · 158 min
Nearest city
Jaén · 53.4 km · 48 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · LINARES-BAEZA · 6.7 km · 15 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Linares Jaen · 0.4 km · 2 min
Local services
This checklist is built from data pulled from other services and may be wrong. If something looks incorrect, click the flag icon to tell us what it should be.
Official sources where available (Diputación de Málaga, Junta education, MITECO fuel stations) plus Overture Maps for shops and clinics. “Yes” means found in those sources; “Unknown” means we cannot confirm yet; “No” is only used when absence is clear (e.g. consultorio but no hospital).
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Registered vehicles
Compared with the average across ranked places, per 1,000 inhabitants.
Cars
27,498
494 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
4,678
84 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Motorbikes
3,519
63 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
33
1 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
185
7 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2841 sunshine hours
Linares averages about 2841 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 97.4%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (97.4%) makes Linares a practical base for remote work.
Housing ~€706/m²
Asking prices around €706 per m² sit below the peer average among comparable Spanish towns.
About Linares
Linares is a municipality in Jaén (Andalucía) with about 2,915 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 1115 €/m². Compare Linares with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 23055 · CP 23055 · lat 38.09609153090732, lon -3.636764897135472 · 115 m · Income: €31,679