Las Villas is a

natural region A natural region (landscape unit) is a basic geographic unit. Usually, it is a region which is distinguished by its common natural features of geography, geology, and climate. From the ecological point of view, the naturally occurring flora and ...

and ''comarca'' in

Andalusia Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...

, southern

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. It is located in the

mountainous A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...

area at the eastern end of Jaén Province. The main town is Villacarrillo. Together with the

Sierra de Cazorla Sierra de Cazorla is a mountain range of the Prebaetic System in the Jaén Province in southern Spain. It is named after the town of Cazorla. Its highest point is the 1,847 m high Gilillo peak. Geography This mountain range is located betwee ...

and

Sierra de Segura Sierra de Segura is a mountain range of the Prebaetic System in the province of Jaén in Spain. It is named after the ancient town of Segura de la Sierra and it gives its name to the Segura river. Its highest point is the 1,993 m high Las Ban ...

mountain ranges Las Villas gave its name to the

Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park () is a natural park in the eastern and northeastern part of the province of Jaén, Spain, established in 1986. With an area of ,

that was established in 1986. 8.3 percent of the surface of the

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

falls within the Las Villas ''comarca''.El Parque Natural - Municipality of Segura de la Sierra
Formerly the Las Villas ''comarca'' had been merged with La Loma as ''La Loma y las Villas'', an administrative division of Andalusia. The present-day official ''comarca'' was established in 2003. According to the 2014

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) the ''comarca'' has a population of 22,023 inhabitants.

Municipalities

Iznatoraf Iznatoraf is a municipality located in the Jaén (Spanish province), province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2005 census,Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) the municipality has a population of 1 ...

, 1038 inhabitants. * Sorihuela del Guadalimar, 1298 inhabitants. * Villacarrillo, 11,092 inhabitants. * Villanueva del Arzobispo, 8595 inhabitants.

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Parque Natural Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las VillasIznatoraf - Las Villas
{{coord, 38, 6, N, 3, 5, W, region:ES_type:mountain, display=title Comarcas of the Province of Jaén, Spain Natural regions of Spain

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