Chilluévar
Jaén · Andalucía
Chilluévar is a city located in the province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the city has a population of 1629 inhabitants. Chilluévar is a city located in province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the city has a population of 1629 inhabitants. Chilluevar is located on the north region of Alto Guadalquivir the northeast edge of which is part of the Cazorla, Segura, and Las Villas mountain range. Its territory is eminently agricultural and dependent on the olive grove. This crop occupies the sloping lands that go from the North and East to the rivers Vega and Cañamares in the south, southeast and southwest, where herbaceous crops are found. The closeness between the labour lands and the mountain chain has created an adequate habitat for cynegetic animals of minor haunting and for insectivorous birds, nevertheless haunting has made the population of these species minimal. The urban center is typical for its narrow and sloping streets. Besides the principal nucleus, where the majority of the population is concentrated. The hamlets of Los Almansas, Los Romos, and Chilluevar La Vieja also belong to this township.
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Origins
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History
The oldest finds in the region go back to the time of the Iberians, in the village of Almansas, and the Roman age, where it had an intense occupation by means of rural villages. From this age there has been preserved a set of funerary inscriptions in the Provincial Museum.
Chilluévar has been identified with Alconray, a place mentioned firstly at 1256, at Muslim age. It may be referred to the Alcorahe mentioned at 1384 in a document of King Juan I.
The impulse and consolidation of the nucleus of Chilluevar started in 1231, the date when this land became part of the “Adelantamiento de Cazorla” patrimony of the Archdiocese of Toledo. Two circumstances contributed to the development of this village: on the one hand the flourishing of the constructions promoted by the Cardinal of Toledo, “Don Rodrigo Ximenez de Rada”, in his aim of promoting the christian faith on the land conquered to Muslims, and on the other hand, the transfer of cattle through that place, due to being an obligated path in the way from Andalucia to Levante for the “Mesta”. In “Chilluevar la Vieja”, as is commonly known the primitive emplacement, a hermitage, an inn, a cemetery and a swimming pool was constructed. Cattle ranchers, pilgrims and merchants used to visit the hermitage, found rest in the inn and made the cattle rest.
The disappearance of the Mesta and the migration of cattle had, as a result, the progressive decay and marginalization of this emplacement, nevertheless, this decline was not homogeneous in all the region as at the end of the 17th century a new church was built in what is denominated as “Chilluevar Nuevo”, about 1.2 kilometres from the earlier hermitage. In 1787 the village received the title of "town" granted by the Cardinal Lorenzana, this title endorsed its recognition as an urban nucleus.
The first years of the 20th century were determined by a long process of segregation of Chilluévar from the municipality of Iruela, which was finished on 14 December 1926, with the municipal independence of the Chuilluévar.
Monuments
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What to visit
Patrimonio:
Iglesia parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Paz
Calzada romana y puente romano en el río Cañamares
Restos arqueológicos del yacimiento romano de Los Almansas
Fiestas:
Fiestas patronales en honor a Nuestra Señora de la Paz (24/01):
Junto a Bélmez de la Moraleda y a Beas de Segura, Chilluévar tiene como Patrona a la Virgen de la Paz. En su honor, el día 24 de enero se celebra su festividad con una misa y la procesión de su imagen. Lo más característico son las colosales luminarias que se levantan en todo el municipio la noche anterior, creadas por los vecinos de la localidad con los restos de la poda del olivar; es típico el pan con aceite y las papas asadas en dichas luminarias.
Festividad de San Isidro (15/05):
San Isidro, junto a la Virgen de la Paz, son los Patronos de Chilluévar; la organiza la Hermandad de Labradores y consiste en una jornada festiva en la sierra donde, además de actos religiosos en honor al protector de los agricultores, no suelen faltar los deliciosos embutidos por los que la localidad es conocida y entre los que tiene una merecida fama el lomo de orza en aceite.
Ferias y fiestas en honor de Nuestra Señora de la Paz (3-7/09):
En honor de la Virgen de la Paz, esta localidad de la Sierra de las Villas, celebra su feria desde el 3 al 7 de septiembre siendo el día 4 la celebración de la virgen. Además de los distintos actos religiosos que honran a Nuestra Señora de Chilluévar, nombre por el que esta advocación mariana era conocida en el siglo XIX, se destacan los festejos taurinos con sueltas de vaquillas y las extraordinarias verbenas populares en las que puede degustarse la rica cocina serrana que sobresale por los embutidos de cerdo y de caza mayor.
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Dulces:
Arroz con leche
Gachas dulces
Paparajotes
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Festivals
September 2026
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Street market
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Town hall
Alcaldía: José Luis Agea Martínez
Web oficial: http://www.chilluevar.es/
Town hall of Chilluévar
Alcaldía: José Luis Agea Martínez Web oficial: http://www.chilluevar.es/
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How to get there
- 🚗 89 km from Jaén (about 63 min by car)
- 🚗 131 km from Granada (about 92 min by car)
- 🚗 173 km from Almería (about 122 min by car)
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- ✈️ 140 km from Granada-Jaén airport (about 99 min by car)
- ✈️ 177 km from Almería airport (about 125 min by car)
Practical info
🏧 Nearest cash machine
- Caja Rural de Jaén · 0.1 km away
- Caja Granada · 0.1 km away
- Caja Rural de Jaén · 6.7 km away
⛽ Nearest petrol station
- S.C.A. SAN VICENTE · 0.2 km away
- S.C.A. LA UNION DE CHILLUEVAR · 0.6 km away
- Estación de Servicio Almansa Perales · 4.3 km away
ℹ️ Tourist office
- Chilluévar · 1.8 km away
🔭 Viewpoints
- Mirador de Santo Tomé · 4.9 km away
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