The Jaén metropolitan area is an urban area in
Andalusia
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(
Spain
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) centered on the city of
Jaén. With a population of over 215,000 people, it ranks last in the metropolitan areas of Andalusia, but is the largest urban area in the
Province of Jaén, Spain
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.
The area consists of 15 municipalities. It was defined by the ''Plan de Ordenación del Territorio de Andalucía'' in 2006. It mostly coincides with the Metropolitan Comarca of Jaén, except for some municipalities.
Despite its small size for Andalusian and Spanish standards, it is the most important area in the province. It holds over 34% of the province's population in just 11% of the area. As with the rest of the province, it has experienced a population decline since the early 2010s, but it has not been as severe as in other areas of the province.
Besides Jaén, relevant cities are
Martos
Martos is a city and municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Jaén in the autonomous community of Andalusia.
With a population of over 24,000 people, Martos is the fifth largest municipality in the province and the second in Jaén ...
,
Mancha Real
Mancha Real is a city located in the province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2020 census ( INE), the city has a population of 11,328 inhabitants. Notable people
* Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú y Ortega - The son in law of Francisco Franco.
Se ...
and
Mengíbar
Mengíbar is municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. The municipality has a total area of 62.34 km2 and, as of 1 January 2022, it has a registered population of 9,965.
History
Lying on ...
, whose industries represent an important part of the province's GDP.
Municipalities
See also
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Jaén, Spain
Jaén () is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain and the capital of the Jaén Province, Spain, province of Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia.
The city of Jaén is the administrative and industrial centre for the provinc ...
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List of metropolitan areas in Spain
This is a list of the largest metropolitan areas in Spain by population.
Estimates are from the following sources:
* the "Functional Urban Areas" (FUAs) of the Study on Urban Functions of the European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ES ...
References
External links
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Jaén, Spain
Geography of the Province of Jaén (Spain)