Iznajar – Cordoba

The town Iznajar in Cordoba province in Andalucia, southern Spain. It lies on the Genil river approximately 110 km from the provincial capital of Cordoba very close to the borders with both Malaga and Granada provinces.

Local information

Ayuntamiento de Iznajar
Calle Julio Burell, 17, 14970 Iznajar  (Cordoba)
Telephone: 957 53 40 02
https://iznajar.es/

Residents
5960
Health Clinic Bars, shops, restaurants Schools Municipal pool Beach
1 h
Golf nearby Antequera 57km Malaga 85km Granada 94km Seville 188km Bus and train
services
Malaga airport
85Km
Granada airport
94Km
Seville airport
188Km

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Main information

Iznajar in Cordoba province itself escaped the submersion that often visits towns and villages in the region of Andalucia’s controversial programme to construct more and more dams and reservoirs to serve this increasingly thirsty region. If anything, the lake below has given further resonance to its unofficial title as the Mirador (viewpoint) del Genil.

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Surrounding countryside and communications have been radically altered, not least by a bridge built across the reservoir near Iznajar in order to continue to carry traffic on the Archidona/Priego de Cordoba road. That is why Iznajar in Cordoba now offers the perfect setting for anyone wanting to live in the (cheaper) interior but still retain a ‘sea’ view.

Iznajar is situated near the southerly border of Cordoba province, and serves as a natural entrance to the Sierra Subeticas Natural Park. From the south, it is best reached from Junction 175 on the3 A92 Seville-Granada careterra, and is only 20km from the turnoff. Town and embalse – named after it – are north of Archidona on the map. The town of Rute is to the north-west and, beyond that, Lucena. Priego de Cordoba lies to the north-east, Jaen beyond it.

This small town of some six thousand inhabitants was transformed some years ago by the creation of an ’embalse’, or reservoir, below the promontory on which Iznajar in Cordoba sits in the River Genil valley. Today, to all intents and purposes, Iznajar now has a waterfront, overlooking an inland sea some thirty kilometres long, and containing an estimated 900 million cubic metres of water destined for domestic consumption.

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