Jaén · Andalucía
Cazorla
A Reconquest-era outpost with two Moorish-then-Christian castles testifying to its turbulent past — today the main base for a vast protected natural park.
What Cazorla is like
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
Constructed around three main squares, gateway to the Parque Natural de las Sierras de Segura y Cazorla.
Worth the trip
- Two castles dominating the town, both originally Moorish
- Pza. de Santa María, with the ruins of a Catedral torched by Napoleonic troops, now a natural amphitheatre for events
- Museo de Artes y Costumbres, a folklore museum in the reconstructed castle tower La Yedra
Fiestas
- Fiesta de Cristo del Consuelo, 16-21 September, with fairgrounds, fireworks and religious processions
A little history
During the Reconquest of Andalucía, Cazorla acted as an outpost for Christian troops.
Who it suits: Wildlife spotters · Hikers (though best viewing is often outside the park itself)
The numbers
The decision data — each figure against the Spanish average. Regional overlays and estimates are labelled, and where there's no local reading we say so plainly.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 10.2°C 2.4°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 33.7°C 3.5°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 56 days 19% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 24 33 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €11,859 18% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 30.5%
Schools
- Schools in town
- 6
- Nearest international school
- 76 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 457 24 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min
- Nearest health centre
- 3.3 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 173 days 60% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 180 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 91% 12% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 96% 12% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 6,913
- Born in Spain
- 95.8% 7% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1% 2.8% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.43 per 1,000
Numbers: SettleSpain town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma, Ministerio del Interior and the Catastro. National average = the unweighted mean across all 8,132 Spanish municipalities with data. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
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