Official Name: | Lújar, Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Name1: | Andalusia |
Subdivision Name3: | Lújar |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Party: | People's Party |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | José Antonio González Cabrera |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 36.88 |
Elevation M: | 895 |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 480 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 36.7875°N -3.4014°W |
Lújar is a village in southern Spain in the Sierra Nevada, a couple of kilometres inland from the coast and the city of Motril along a fairly precipitous road. Its coordinates are (36.7877, -3.4016). Its population is approximately 500.
The village was one of the first to be taken during the Spanish Civil War.
There is a municipal open air swimming pool at the western end of the village, and a couple of bars.