A population belonging to the Sierra Magina region, located to the north-east of it, in a landscape composed of large extensions of olive trees on one side and saws on the other.
It is the most populated municipality of the region, its southwestern end is included in the Natural Park of Sierra Magina, which is part of the Subbetica and offers beautiful and spectacular landscape. The Guadalquivir, Jandulilla and the Arroyo de la Countess rivers go through their municipal term.
The cultivation of olive trees, asparagus and spartum-related crafts are part of their economic activity.
Among its artistic heritage are the Parish Church of the Assumption, the Muslim Castle, the Church-Sanctuary of the Christ of Mercy, the surroundings of the church, streets and squares where you can see traditional buildings of the region with its peculiar layout and the cave houses.
The Artistic Historical Set of Jódar has been in the cultural interest of Andalusia since 2014. Since 1983, together with the Castle and the Church of the Assumption, but the declaration as opened is from the Ministry of Culture.
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Jódar is located to the north-east of the Sierra Mágina region, in the skirts of the Cerro de San Cristóbal, belonging to its southwestern end to the Sierra Magina Natural Park. From here its territory descends to the Guadalquivir rivers and Jandulilla where the crop fields are given.
Half the territory is farmland in which the olive tree is the majority crop. In the vegas of the rivers, horticultural crops are produced and in the dry cereals.
Economic activity is based on olive groves and the olive industry, although it is raising high expectations for cultivation and industrial processing of vegetables.
The main altitudes of the term are the peaks Carboneras (1,511 m.), the saw La Golondrina (1,258 m.), Jodar's. (1,200 m.) and Altarillas (1066).
To the north of the municipality are the reservoirs bathing this area of the municipal term: Ms Aldonza, Pedro Marín and La Cerrada Bridge, and Natural area of Alto Guadalquivir, along with the river sections between them. Also declared as Special Protection Area for Birds (ZEPA); and Special Conservation Zone (ZEC).
In these mountains the Mediterranean vegetation in which the oak is frequent prevails. In the Vega del Jandulilla the sparthals abound, the result of the abandonment of cereal cultivation due to the scarcity of rains. In the course of the Jandulilla River, the tarays, alffas, common cane and canals are abundant between the main flora.
Of the fauna, the spartal birds, including granivorous birds such as the cogujada, the calandria, totovia and the common terra, draw attention.
Among the most popular parties, they include:
The gastronomy of Jódar is rich and varied, based on the products of the earth. We have to highlight the quality of your olive oil that enters as an ingredient in most of your dishes. We highlight those with the greatest roots:
In pastry: The "twists," the wine roses, empanadas and chickpeas.
The human presencea in the vicinity of Jódar is documented from prehistory, being the site of The Quebrades the oldest known, dated towards the third millennium a. C.
The remains of the Ibero-Roman period, following the course of the Jandulilla River, including the funeral stone found in the old Villa Xandulilla or the Sphinx del Jandulilla located in Alamus cutamong others.
During Middle age the area remained heavily populated by Islamic settlements, with several alqueras and a castle shelter. In the 10th century it was considered an important urban core and noted oil producer.
About 1,229, the produces the Christian conquest of the city by the troops of Fernando III. From this moment on the town is growing in population and importance, so Alfonso X gives it the title of Villa Leal and the Fuero de Lorca.
During the 15th century it belonged to several owners, and the Catholic Kings created the Largest of Jodar, giving it to the Sanchez Day of Carvajal, his major guard.
The 16th century is prosperous and churches and buildings are built. The work of the spartum It also favours many of its inhabitants, on the contrary, in the following two centuries in which secular hunger, forced migrations and the terrible epidemic of the plague, which occurred in 1681, drastically reduce the population, which doubled in the 19th century and this caused problems, including the lack of housing and which many families moved to live in caves.
With the arrival of the railway and improvements in access, new migrants arrive, exceeding 10,000 inhabitants.
In 1919, Alfonso XIII, gives the villa thecity title, and to the City Council the treatment of Very impressive..
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