Elevation of Sant Joan d'Alacant, Spain
36m
above sea level · 118 ft
Sant Joan d'Alacant is a city of 26,834 people in Alicante province, Valencian Community, the 19th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 99th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 38.40° N · 0.44° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 38° 24′ 0″ N · 0° 26′ 12″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 723,850 E · 4,253,317 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Sant Joan d'Alacant
- INE code 03119
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 26,834 people
- 9.64 km² municipality · 2,784 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 41 m (135 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 36 m.
Population
Sant Joan d'Alacant had 26,834 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 18% more than in 2015, when it had 22,825. The municipality covers 9.64 km², a density of 2,784 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 19th most populous of the 141 municipalities in Alicante province, after Alicante (366,221), home to 1.3% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Sant Joan d'Alacant sits 36 m (118 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 Sant Joan d'Alacant is 177 m below it.
The provincial capital, Alicante, is 7.2 km away in a straight line and 31 m lower than Sant Joan d'Alacant. Madrid is 359 km away.
Of the 26 cities in Alicante province with an elevation page, Sant Joan d'Alacant is the 13th 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 31 km away in a straight line, 1,521 m above Sant Joan d'Alacant.
- 181 Sant Joan d'Alacant 36 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Sant Joan d'Alacant.
What is the elevation of Sant Joan d'Alacant, Spain?
Sant Joan d'Alacant sits at 36 meters (118 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 Sant Joan d'Alacant?
Latitude 38.40008 and longitude -0.43658 in decimal degrees (38° 24′ 0″ N · 0° 26′ 12″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 723,850 E and 4,253,317 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Sant Joan d'Alacant rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 99th 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, Sant Joan d'Alacant or Alicante?
Sant Joan d'Alacant. Sant Joan d'Alacant sits at 36 m and Alicante at 5 m: a difference of 31 m, 7.2 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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