Elevation of el Campello, Spain
23m
above sea level · 75 ft
el Campello is a city of 31,419 people in Alicante province, Valencian Community, the 14th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 73rd lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 38.43° N · 0.40° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 38° 25′ 34″ N · 0° 23′ 54″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 727,106 E · 4,256,289 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- el Campello
- INE code 03050
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 31,419 people
- 55.3 km² municipality · 568 people/km²
Population
el Campello had 31,419 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 15% more than in 2015, when it had 27,356. The municipality covers 55.3 km², a density of 568 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 14th most populous of the 141 municipalities in Alicante province, after Alicante (366,221), home to 1.5% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
el Campello sits 23 m (75 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 el Campello is 190 m below it.
The provincial capital, Alicante, is 12 km away in a straight line and 18 m lower than el Campello. Madrid is 359 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is San Vicente del Raspeig, 11 km away in a straight line and 81 m higher.
Of the 26 cities in Alicante province with an elevation page, el Campello is the 9th 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, 1,534 m above el Campello.
- 203 el Campello 23 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of el Campello.
What is the elevation of el Campello, Spain?
el Campello sits at 23 meters (75 feet) above sea level. That’s the ground height in the IGN’s MDT05 terrain model at the town’s reference point in the national gazetteer, because the published figure for this town didn’t match the terrain.
What are the coordinates of el Campello?
Latitude 38.42601 and longitude -0.39838 in decimal degrees (38° 25′ 34″ N · 0° 23′ 54″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 727,106 E and 4,256,289 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does el Campello rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 73rd 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, el Campello or Alicante?
el Campello. el Campello sits at 23 m and Alicante at 5 m: a difference of 18 m, 12 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 · MDT05 at the gazetteer point (NGMEP) The town’s reference point and its ground height in the terrain model, because the official figure for this town didn’t match the terrain. 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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