Cuenca · Castilla-La Mancha · CP 16251
Villanueva de la Jara
Villanueva de la Jara: living in Cuenca
Villanueva de la Jara offers 2757 sunshine hours a year, housing prices below the peer average and near-full fibre coverage — a strong option for rural relocation in Spain.
Population
2,396
Avg. summer temp
25.1°C
Best place to buy a house
#1439 / 8133
Overall score
7.2/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 9.9/10
More affordable than peer places. Housing about 618 €/m²; cost of living at 28% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 5.6/10
Average. Hospital ~71 min; airport ~106 min; Renfe ~44 min; coach ~6 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 4.9/10
Average. About 2,757 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~32.5°C (1/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.8/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 98% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 7.3/10
Better than other places. 8 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 4.9/10
Average. Spanish residents 83.8% of padrón; international residents 16.2%.
- Future0.0
Future · 6.1/10
Average. Population +2.4% vs last year; registered unemployment +2.8% over the series; mean age 44.7; foreign residents 16.2%; property prices +5.0% YoY. Growing places with improving jobs score higher.
- Tax0.0
Tax · 5.8/10
In this place taxes are about average vs peer places
- Beauty0.0
Beauty · 2.1/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,476; Natura 2000 covers about 0.0% of the area (nearest site ~31.2 km).
Place location
Villanueva de la Jara in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
44.7
<16
12.4%
16–64
66.1%
65+
21.5%
International community
Spanish nationals: 1,885 (83.8%)
Foreign residents: 364 (16.2%)
- Romania: 240
- Morocco: 52
- Ecuador: 42
- Bulgaria: 6
- Paraguay: 6
- Colombia: 4
- China: 4
- Cuba: 2
Housing
Price €/m²
€618
Flats €/m²
569 €
Houses €/m²
667 €
6-year change
+34%
Province rank: # / 238 · 18% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land (39.42, -1.94)
324 approx. sunny days · 2 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
98.2%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Cuenca
Nature & outings
Day trip
- 01Hoces del Cabriel (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 35.5 km
- 02Cueva de la JudÍa (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 37.6 km
- 03El Molón (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural Municipal · 53.3 km
- 04Cueva de los Morciguillos (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 57.6 km
- 05Complejo Lagunar del Rio Moscas (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 59.6 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Villanueva de la Jara
€3,362
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€916
People in Madrid pay more tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€1,506
People in Barcelona pay more tax than here
In Villanueva de la Jara you pay €251 less tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
7%
SEPE unemployed
111
Affiliated workers (approx.)
1,124
Self-employed (approx.)
190
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Municipal finance
Income 2024
€3,422,850
Expenses
€3,422,850
Balance
€0
Spending by function (k€)
Local government
Johanna Leon Colllado (PSOE)
2023–2027 · Partido Socialista Obrero Español
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto de Valencia (VLC) · 151 km · 106 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Albacete) · 74.9 km · 71 min
High-speed rail
AVE Valencia Joaquín Sorolla · 157.3 km · 111 min
Nearest coast
Playa de la Malvarrosa (Valencia) · 164.1 km · 120 min
Nearest city
Cuenca · 84.2 km · 79 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · LA RODA DE ALBACETE · 52.7 km · 44 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Samar · Villanueva de la Jara · 3 km · 6 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
1,581
660 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
665
278 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
163
68 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
1
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
98
62 / 1,000 cars
Above average vs peer places
Nutshell
Villanueva de la Jara, popularly called La Jara, is a town and municipality in the Manchuela…
Villanueva de la Jara, popularly called La Jara, is a town and municipality in the Manchuela Conquense comarca, this in turn is part of the La Manchuela comarca, province of Cuenca, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
It is known for the cultivation of portobellos and other edible fungi which is the main economic…
It is known for the cultivation of portobellos and other edible fungi which is the main economic activity of the locality.
Housing ~€618/m²
Asking prices around €618 per m² sit below the peer average among comparable Spanish towns.
About Villanueva de la Jara
Villanueva de la Jara is a municipality in Cuenca (Castilla-La Mancha) with about 3,185 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 3285 €/m². Compare Villanueva de la Jara with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 16251 · CP 16251 · lat 39.42345641756815, lon -1.943703908055501 · 385 m · Income: €27,657