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.
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Why people fall for Cazorla
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)
Who Cazorla is for — and who it isn't
Not our opinion: we ran the same scoring engine behind the quiz for six settler profiles across all 8,132 municipalities and read off where Cazorla lands.
Good for
- Remote-working couples 95th percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · 6,913 people
- Families with school-age kids 90th percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · 6,913 people
The numbers
The decision data — each figure placed among all Spanish municipalities that report it ("top 10%" always means good, also where lower is better). Regional overlays and estimates are labelled, and where there's no local reading we say so plainly.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 10.2°C top 22% of 8,131 towns 2.4°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 33.7°C bottom 16% of 8,131 towns 3.5°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 56 days top 31% of 8,088 towns 19% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 24 top 27% of 8,033 towns 33 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €11,859 bottom 17% of 8,059 towns 18% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 30.5% top 25% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 6 top 10% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 76 km bottom 25% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 457 #16 of 17 regions, −22 vs national 24 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 3.3 km top 14% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 173 days #17 of 17 regions, +70 days vs national 60% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 180 min bottom 1% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 91% top 44% of 8,132 towns 12% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 96% top 39% of 8,132 towns 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: SpainScore town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma and the Catastro. Percentile chips count only the municipalities that report the figure — the "of n" says how many. Region-ranked figures (PISA, surgical waits) compare Spain's 17 comunidades autónomas. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
The year, month by month
AEMET 30-year climate normals — what a January or an August actually feels like, not the annual average.
How does Cazorla fit you?
These are the town's numbers. Whether it's your town depends on what you're optimising for — winter sun or mild summers, a city or a village, short medical waits, an easy flight home. The 3-minute quiz scores Cazorla against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 101 min from Linares, if that's your anchor.
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