{{about|the comarca in Andalusia|the former province in Cuba|Santa Clara Province|the parish in Asturias|Las Villas (Grado)}} {{Infobox settlement | name = ''Las Villas'' | native_name = | native_name_lang = <!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} instead --> | settlement_type = Comarca | image_skyline = JDCANO IZNATORAF.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Landscape of ''Las Villas'' at Iznatoraf. | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Comarca de Las Villas.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Las Villas in Andalusia | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Spain | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Andalusia | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = <!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion --> <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | area_footnotes = | area_urban_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> | area_rural_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> | area_metro_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> | area_magnitude = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> | area_note = | area_water_percent = | area_rank = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank2_title = <!-- square kilometers --> | area_total_km2 = 556.38 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_urban_km2 = | area_rural_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank2_km2 = <!-- hectares --> | area_total_ha = | area_land_ha = | area_water_ha = | area_urban_ha = | area_rural_ha = | area_metro_ha = | area_blank1_ha = | area_blank2_ha = | length_km = | width_km = | dimensions_footnotes = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 800 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 22023 | population_as_of = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | footnotes = }} thumb|270px|View of Aguascebas dam '''Las Villas''' is a natural region and ''comarca'' in Andalusia, southern Spain. It is located in the mountainous area at the eastern end of Jaén Province.<ref>[http://www.lasvillas.net Comarca de Las Villas] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526133303/http://www.lasvillas.net/ |date=2015-05-26 }}</ref> The main town is Villacarrillo.
Together with the Sierra de Cazorla and Sierra de Segura mountain ranges Las Villas gave its name to the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park that was established in 1986. 8.3 percent of the surface of the protected area falls within the Las Villas ''comarca''.<ref name="Segura official site">[http://www.ayuntamiento-seguradelasierra.com/seccion.php?s=parque/parquenatural El Parque Natural - Municipality of Segura de la Sierra] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526150948/http://www.ayuntamiento-seguradelasierra.com/seccion.php?s=parque%2Fparquenatural |date=2015-05-26 }}</ref>
Formerly the Las Villas ''comarca'' had been merged with La Loma as ''La Loma y las Villas'', an administrative division of Andalusia.<ref>[http://www.derechodeportivo.org/legislacion/orden%20comarcas.pdf Mapa de comarcas de Andalucía] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230071759/http://www.derechodeportivo.org/legislacion/orden%20comarcas.pdf |date=2008-12-30 }}. Listado comarcal definido por la Consejería de Turismo y Deporte de la Junta de Andalucía</ref> The present-day official ''comarca'' was established in 2003.<ref>''Orden de 14 de marzo de 2003, por la que se aprueba el mapa de comarcas de Andalucía a efectos de la planificación de la oferta turística y deportiva, Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía'' Bulletin of the Government of Andalusia, No 59; 27 March 2003, p. 6248</ref> According to the 2014 census,<ref>Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)</ref> the ''comarca'' has a population of 22,023 inhabitants. ==Municipalities== *Iznatoraf, 1038 inhabitants. *Sorihuela del Guadalimar, 1298 inhabitants. *Villacarrillo, 11,092 inhabitants. *Villanueva del Arzobispo, 8595 inhabitants.
==See also== *Comarcas of Andalusia *Baetic System
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{commons category-inline|Las Villas}} * [http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/medioambiente/servtc5/ventana/mostrarFicha.do?idEspacio=7423 Parque Natural Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas] *[http://www.iznatoraf.info Iznatoraf - Las Villas] {{Comarcas of Andalusia}} {{coord|38|6|N|3|5|W|region:ES_type:mountain|display=title}}
Category:Comarcas of the Province of Jaén (Spain) Category:Natural regions of Spain