Elevation of Calp, Spain
20m
above sea level · 66 ft
Calp is a city of 27,616 people in Alicante province, Valencian Community, the 18th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 69th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 38.65° N · 0.05° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 38° 38′ 46″ N · 0° 2′ 49″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31S · 242,989 E · 4,281,650 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Calp
- INE code 03047
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 27,616 people
- 23.6 km² municipality · 1,171 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 20.5 m (67 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 20 m.
Population
Calp had 27,616 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 28% more than in 2015, when it had 21,540. The municipality covers 23.6 km², a density of 1,171 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 18th most populous of the 141 municipalities in Alicante province, after Alicante (366,221), home to 1.4% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Calp sits 20 m (66 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 Calp is 193 m below it.
The provincial capital, Alicante, is 57 km away in a straight line and 15 m lower than Calp. Madrid is 376 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Benidorm, 19 km away in a straight line and 8 m lower.
Of the 26 cities in Alicante province with an elevation page, Calp is the 8th lowest. The highest is Ibi (754 m) and the lowest, Santa Pola (1 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Alicante province is Aitana, at 1,557 m (5,108 ft). It lies 27 km away in a straight line, 1,537 m above Calp.
- 211 Calp 20 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Calp.
What is the elevation of Calp, Spain?
Calp sits at 20 meters (66 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 Calp?
Latitude 38.64616 and longitude 0.04686 in decimal degrees (38° 38′ 46″ N · 0° 2′ 49″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 242,989 E and 4,281,650 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Calp rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 69th lowest 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, Calp or Alicante?
Calp. Calp sits at 20 m and Alicante at 5 m: a difference of 15 m, 57 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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