Linares, Jaén property and area FAQs

Linares is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Jaén, Andalusia. The altitude is 419 metres (1,375 feet) and the total area of the municipality is 195.15 square kilometres (75.35 sq mi).

For Linares, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 6 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Linares, at a recorded elevation of approximately 405 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Vega Santa María (120 residents in the cited settlement record), La Cruz (111 residents in the cited settlement record), and Estación de Vadollano (9 residents in the cited settlement record). Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

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. 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.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 197.5 square kilometres for Linares municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Linares is an official municipality in Jaén province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

The audited municipality record contains 126 additional named-place records for Linares municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

Linares is treated as an official municipality. The page is joined to institutional datasets by its five-digit INE identity, not by a loose name match.

Linares is shown within Jaén province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

Dividing the INE population of 54,333 by the recorded municipal area of 197.5 km² gives approximately 275.1 residents per km² for Linares municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 419 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The stated official-data scope is Linares municipality. Current NLS listings use the property-search area itself, while official market and demographic measures keep their own published geography visible.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 23055 and keeps the province label Jaén. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 38.1000, -3.6333. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The latest imported INE population for Linares municipality is 54,333, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Linares municipality, recorded population changed by -6.0%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Linares municipality is €12,388 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 44.6 years for Linares municipality, for period 2023.

The displayed series for Linares municipality begins at 57,810 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 3.4% for Linares municipality, in period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Linares municipality, the lowest population value is 54,054 residents in 2022.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.50 people per household for Linares municipality, for period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Linares municipality is 55,908 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The population figure uses INE period 2023. The page shows the period beside the value so it is not mistaken for a live counter.

The page uses 9 published observations for Linares municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Linares municipality, the highest population value is 57,810 residents in 2015.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Linares municipality records €674 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €889 per square metre for Linares municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Linares municipality begins at €722 per m² in 2023Q2. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 12 displayed observations for Linares municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €889 per m² in 2026Q1.

Colegio de Registradores reports €843 per square metre for Jaén province in 2026Q2. This is province context, not a local substitute.

Within the same displayed series for Linares municipality, the lowest appraised housing value value is €722 per m² in 2023Q2.

Within the same displayed series for Jaén province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €753 per m² in 2024Q3.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed registered sale-price benchmark value for Jaén province changed by 11.9%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 16.0% for Andalucía in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Linares municipality is 262 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €79,626 for Linares municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Jaén province, the highest registered sale-price benchmark value is €843 per m² in 2026Q2.

Dirección General del Catastro records 12,042 buildings for Linares municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 28,784 dwellings for Linares municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.

Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,975 for Linares municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 5,965 energy certificates for Linares municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 1950–1969 band contains 4,072 recorded buildings for Linares municipality, representing 34.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 28,784 dwellings across 12,042 buildings for Linares municipality, or approximately 2.39 dwellings per recorded building.

The 2010 onward band contains 346 recorded buildings for Linares municipality, representing 2.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 2,998 recorded buildings for Linares municipality, representing 25.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Linares municipality, 6.8% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The 1990–2009 band contains 3,430 recorded buildings for Linares municipality, representing 28.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1950–1969, with 4,072 buildings, or 34.0% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 1,131 recorded buildings for Linares municipality, representing 9.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 0 listings for Linares. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.