Spreading across a total area of 679.27 km2 (262.27 sq mi),[2] the municipality has population of 4,182 (2018).

The Church of Santa María del Salvador stands in the town.

In the short-lived 1822 territorial division of Spain, Chinchilla was to be the provincial capital;[3] the 1833 territorial division of Spain, which remains largely in effect today, moved the capital to Albacete.

[4] Since 1991 the municipality has been governed by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

[citation needed] In 2003, two trains collided overnight, leaving 19 dead and 50 injured.