Elevation of Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain
226m
above sea level · 741 ft
Vilafranca del Penedès is a city of 42,607 people in Barcelona province, Catalonia, the 24th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 92nd highest. It’s in the Alt Penedès comarca.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.35° N · 1.70° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 20′ 47″ N · 1° 41′ 58″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 391,199 E · 4,578,038 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Vilafranca del Penedès
- INE code 08305
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 42,607 people
- 20.0 km² municipality · 2,132 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 226 m (741 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 226 m.
Population
Vilafranca del Penedès had 42,607 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 8.6% more than in 2015, when it had 39,224. The municipality covers 20.0 km², a density of 2,132 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 24th most populous of the 311 municipalities in Barcelona province, after Barcelona (1,731,649), home to 0.7% of its people.
It belongs to the Alt Penedès comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 27 municipalities, 116,160 people and 593 km². Vilafranca del Penedès is the most populous municipality in the comarca and is home to 37% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Vilafranca del Penedès sits 226 m (741 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 Vilafranca del Penedès is 13 m above it.
The provincial capital, Barcelona, is 40 km away in a straight line and 213 m lower than Vilafranca del Penedès. Madrid is 465 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Vilanova i la Geltrú, 14 km away in a straight line and 209 m lower.
Of the 49 cities in Barcelona province with an elevation page, Vilafranca del Penedès is the 7th highest. The highest is Vic (498 m) and the lowest, Castelldefels (3 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Barcelona province is Pic de Costa Cabirolera, at 2,604 m (8,543 ft). It lies 104 km away in a straight line, 2,378 m above Vilafranca del Penedès.
- 92 Vilafranca del Penedès 226 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Vilafranca del Penedès.
What is the elevation of Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain?
Vilafranca del Penedès sits at 226 meters (741 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 Vilafranca del Penedès?
Latitude 41.34650 and longitude 1.69949 in decimal degrees (41° 20′ 47″ N · 1° 41′ 58″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 391,199 E and 4,578,038 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Vilafranca del Penedès rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 92nd 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, Vilafranca del Penedès or Barcelona?
Vilafranca del Penedès. Vilafranca del Penedès sits at 226 m and Barcelona at 13 m: a difference of 213 m, 40 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is Vilafranca del Penedès in?
Alt Penedès, in Barcelona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 27 municipalities and 116,160 people.
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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