News from October 12, 2026

The Deputy for Municipal Infrastructures, José Luis Agea, supervises the emergency works on the JA-4200 and the JA-5200, with an investment of more than 1.6 million euros under the Shock Plan for the Storm.

Spain celebrates its National Day this October 12, commemorating Columbus's arrival in America in 1492. More than five centuries later, language, culture and millions of human ties form a shared heritage, also marked by the consequences of conquest and colonization.

The Ayuntamiento de Orcera has launched an anonymous survey aimed at the youth of the municipality to learn about their needs and proposals, within the evaluation of the II Municipal Youth Plan 2022-2026.

The Guarromán Town Council holds an extraordinary plenary session with an agenda that includes granting the title of Perpetual Mayor to Pablo de Olavide y Jáuregui, that of Perpetual Mayoress to the Inmaculada Concepción and that of Favourite Daughter to Rosa María Rodríguez Domínguez.

The Geolit Science and Technology Park, of the Provincial Council of Jaén, has attended the XIX Iberian Meeting of Science and Technology Parks, focused on defense, artificial intelligence, dual use and cybersecurity.

The photographer from Úbeda Katy Gómez receives the 2,000 euros of the award for an aerial image titled «Jaén respira entre líneas», taken in the municipality of Úbeda.

The Exhibition Hall of the former Escuela de Magisterio de Jaén hosts 'Identidad. Tradición textil y moda contemporánea en Jaén', an exhibition organised by the Vice-Rectorate for Culture of the University of Jaén that can be visited until January 8, 2027.

The naturalist Joaquín Araújo gave at the University of Jaén the talk-discussion «¿Es eco-lógica nuestra manera de vivir?», organized by the Aula Verde and the Vice-Rectorate for a Sustainable and Healthy University.

The Domingo Savio University Hall of Residence of the University of Jaén has opened its academic activity for the 2026/2027 academic year at an event presided over by the Vice-Rector for Students and Employability, Teresa Pérez Giménez.

The singer Víctor Palacios, from Pineda de Mar (Barcelona), has taken the first prize of the V Concurso Nacional de Tarantas Carmen Linares, whose final was held on Saturday at the Auditori L'Illa in Barcelona.

The Group of World Heritage Cities of Spain has held in Toledo a conference on sustainable energy solutions in historic sites, with the participation of the fifteen city councils of the network, including Baeza.

Teatro Montemar hosts the 17th BaezaDiversa Gala on October 24 at 20:00, honoring seven individuals and groups for their work in favor of diversity. Admission is open to the public.

The Arrayán Day Care Centre for Older People in Torredelcampo has celebrated its 20th anniversary with a community breakfast and a commemorative cake, on a day framed within the 41st Sociocultural Autumn for Older People.

Bailén Town Council is organising a free environmental camp on October 24 and 25 at the Burguillos Recreation Area, aimed at boys and girls aged between 5 and 10. Registration closes on Friday, October 16.

The town is celebrating this Pilar long weekend the XXXV National Band Meeting, organised by the Agrupación Musical Villanovense, with the participation of the UM de Benicàssim, according to the Villanueva del Arzobispo Town Council.

The Bailén City Council has deployed more than 5.5 kilometers of fiber optics to link the Town Hall with eleven secondary sites and is installing 37 video surveillance and traffic cameras within the ORDEN CITI project.

The Orcera City Council asks residents not to put out their garbage bags during the October 12 holiday. The service, run by Resurja, will resume on Tuesday the 13th in the afternoon.

The Provincial Council of Jaén and the University of Jaén have held a conference on the mental health of adolescents and young people at the Palacio Provincial de Ferias y Congresos de Jaén, with more than fifty attendees.

The University of Jaén and the Fulbright Commission have signed an agreement that will allow the hosting on its campuses of American faculty and researchers who are beneficiaries of these grants, with an initial forecast of two per course.

The historic centre of Cazorla hosts the VI Fiestas del Adelantamiento from October 16 to 18, with more than 1,000 metres of decorated route, parades, theatre, dance, workshops and traditional gastronomy, according to the Ayuntamiento.

El Patronato Municipal de Deportes adds Sembeyo, Ibarzabal, Torras, Sáez and Quijada to the line-up of the 38 Milla Urbana Internacional de Otoño, held this Monday, October 12 with starts at 13:00 and 13:15.

The annual inflation rate in the province of Jaén stood at 3.6% in August 2026, nine tenths more than in July, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística. In Spain the rate was 4.3%.

Hotels in the province of Jaén totalled 57,391 travellers and 115,578 overnight stays in August 2026, according to the INE's Hotel Occupancy Survey, which gives these figures as provisional.

The Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadalquivir and the Ayuntamiento de Jaén sign an agreement to design, carry out and finance the intervention works in the cañones de Río Frío, according to the BOE of October 12.

The Festival de Música Antigua de Úbeda y Baeza marks thirty editions with 'SACRA', a programme of nearly thirty activities between November 21 and December 8 in Úbeda and Baeza, with the Catedral de Jaén and other heritage sites as venues.

The province closes the second quarter of 2026 with 42,400 unemployed and 235,700 employed, according to the INE's Labour Force Survey. The rate falls compared with the same period in 2025, but rises compared with the previous quarter.