Elevation of Vícar, Spain
284m
above sea level · 932 ft
Vícar is a city of 29,342 people in Almería province, Andalusia, the 5th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 77th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 36.83° N · 2.64° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 36° 49′ 53″ N · 2° 38′ 35″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 531,832 E · 4,076,241 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Vícar
- INE code 04102
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 29,342 people
- 64.3 km² municipality · 456 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 284.2 m (932 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 284 m.
Population
Vícar had 29,342 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 19% more than in 2015, when it had 24,571. The municipality covers 64.3 km², a density of 456 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 5th most populous of the 103 municipalities in Almería province, after Almería (205,468), home to 3.8% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Vícar sits 284 m (932 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 Vícar is 71 m above it.
The provincial capital, Almería, is 16 km away in a straight line and 261 m lower than Vícar. Madrid is 409 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Roquetas de Mar, 7.9 km away in a straight line and 278 m lower.
Of the 8 cities in Almería province with an elevation page, Vícar is the 2nd highest. The highest is Níjar (336 m) and the lowest, Roquetas de Mar (6 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Almería province is Chullo, at 2,612 m (8,570 ft). It lies 43 km away in a straight line, 2,328 m above Vícar.
- 77 Vícar 284 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Vícar.
What is the elevation of Vícar, Spain?
Vícar sits at 284 meters (932 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 Vícar?
Latitude 36.83151 and longitude -2.64303 in decimal degrees (36° 49′ 53″ N · 2° 38′ 35″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 531,832 E and 4,076,241 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Vícar rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 77th 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, Vícar or Almería?
Vícar. Vícar sits at 284 m and Almería at 23 m: a difference of 261 m, 16 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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