Elevation of Hellín, Spain
565m
above sea level · 1,854 ft
Hellín is a city of 30,836 people in Albacete province, Castilla–La Mancha, the 2nd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 46th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 38.51° N · 1.70° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 38° 30′ 44″ N · 1° 42′ 11″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 613,082 E · 4,263,460 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Hellín
- INE code 02037
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 30,836 people
- 779 km² municipality · 40 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 565.1 m (1,854 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 565 m.
Population
Hellín had 30,836 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 0.8% more than in 2015, when it had 30,592. The municipality covers 779 km², a density of 40 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 2nd most populous of the 87 municipalities in Albacete province, after Albacete (175,400), home to 7.9% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Hellín sits 565 m (1,854 ft) above sea level. Of the 279 Spanish municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, the highest is Soria, at 1,056 m, and the lowest is Santa Pola, at 1 m. The average is 213 m, so Hellín is 352 m above it.
The provincial capital, Albacete, is 55 km away in a straight line and 116 m higher than Hellín. Madrid is 272 km away.
Of the 4 cities in Albacete province with an elevation page, Hellín is the lowest. The others are Villarrobledo (723 m), Almansa (685 m), and Albacete (681 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Albacete province is La Atalaya, at 2,083 m (6,834 ft). It lies 78 km away in a straight line, 1,518 m above Hellín.
- 46 Hellín 565 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Hellín.
What is the elevation of Hellín, Spain?
Hellín sits at 565 meters (1,854 feet) above sea level. That’s the official figure from Spain’s National Geographic Institute (IGN), measured at the reference point of the town center.
What are the coordinates of Hellín?
Latitude 38.51234 and longitude -1.70296 in decimal degrees (38° 30′ 44″ N · 1° 42′ 11″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 613,082 E and 4,263,460 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Hellín rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 46th highest of the 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people. The highest is Soria (1,056 m) and the lowest, Santa Pola (1 m).
Which is higher, Hellín or Albacete?
Albacete. Hellín sits at 565 m and Albacete at 681 m: a difference of 116 m, 55 km apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height of a point above mean sea level. Mapping agencies such as Spain’s IGN measure it on the ground with leveling and survey-grade GPS. Maps read it from an elevation model, a grid with the ground height at every point, so the model can differ by a few meters from the official figure, especially on sharp summits.
Sources
- IGN · IGR Poblaciones (population centers) Official elevation and coordinates of the town center. CC BY 4.0 license.
- MDT05 Digital Terrain Model (IGN) Ground height at this exact point, to check the figure. 5 m grid, CC BY 4.0 license.
- Municipal register (INE), January 1, 2025 Population: our own work with data from the INE website (www.ine.es). Area: IGN (CC BY 4.0).
- Terrain Tiles (AWS Open Data) Hillshading on the map, from public data by USGS, NASA, Copernicus and others.
- OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The base map, with OpenStreetMap data (ODbL).
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