Elevation of Petrer, Spain
460m
above sea level · 1,509 ft
Petrer is a city of 34,022 people in Alicante province, Valencian Community, the 13th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 56th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 38.48° N · 0.77° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 38° 29′ 6″ N · 0° 46′ 14″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 694,449 E · 4,261,983 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Petrer
- INE code 03104
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 34,022 people
- 104 km² municipality · 326 people/km²
Population
Petrer had 34,022 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 1.6% fewer than in 2015, when it had 34,586. The municipality covers 104 km², a density of 326 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 13th most populous of the 141 municipalities in Alicante province, after Alicante (366,221), home to 1.7% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Petrer sits 460 m (1,509 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 Petrer is 247 m above it.
The provincial capital, Alicante, is 30 km away in a straight line and 455 m lower than Petrer. Madrid is 330 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Elda, 2.4 km away in a straight line and 67 m lower.
Of the 26 cities in Alicante province with an elevation page, Petrer is the 4th highest. 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 48 km away in a straight line, 1,097 m above Petrer.
- 57 Petrer 460 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Petrer.
What is the elevation of Petrer, Spain?
Petrer sits at 460 meters (1,509 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 Petrer?
Latitude 38.48499 and longitude -0.77062 in decimal degrees (38° 29′ 6″ N · 0° 46′ 14″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 694,449 E and 4,261,983 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Petrer rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 56th 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, Petrer or Alicante?
Petrer. Petrer sits at 460 m and Alicante at 5 m: a difference of 455 m, 30 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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