Municipality Linares

Town of Linares is located in province of Jaen in autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It is second most important town in the province. Town is situated 51 kilometers away from the province capital city of  Jaén.

Linares is well connected to the rest of Spain. The Autovia de Andalucia, NIV Madrid-Cádiz, is located 12 kilometers to the west at Bailén. There is a railroad station at Linares-Baeza, with lines connecting Madrid and Cádiz, and Madrid-Granada-Almería.

Around the middle of the nineteenth century Linares became an important mining center with lead mines nearby, but today the mines have been abandoned. There is well developed industry in the region.