Elevation of Plasencia, Spain
355m
above sea level · 1,165 ft
Plasencia is a city of 40,132 people in Cáceres province, Extremadura, the 2nd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 64th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.03° N · 6.09° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 1′ 48″ N · 6° 5′ 22″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29T · 748,345 E · 4,435,155 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Plasencia
- INE code 10148
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 40,132 people
- 218 km² municipality · 184 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 355.4 m (1,166 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 355 m.
Population
Plasencia had 40,132 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 1.5% fewer than in 2015, when it had 40,755. The municipality covers 218 km², a density of 184 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 2nd most populous of the 223 municipalities in Cáceres province, after Cáceres (96,651), home to 10% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Plasencia sits 355 m (1,165 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 Plasencia is 142 m above it.
The provincial capital, Cáceres, is 66 km away in a straight line and 83 m higher than Plasencia. Madrid is 208 km away.
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Cáceres province is El Torreón, at 2,399 m (7,871 ft). It lies 42 km away in a straight line, 2,044 m above Plasencia.
- 64 Plasencia 355 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Plasencia.
What is the elevation of Plasencia, Spain?
Plasencia sits at 355 meters (1,165 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 Plasencia?
Latitude 40.03009 and longitude -6.08954 in decimal degrees (40° 1′ 48″ N · 6° 5′ 22″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 748,345 E and 4,435,155 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Plasencia rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 64th 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, Plasencia or Cáceres?
Cáceres. Plasencia sits at 355 m and Cáceres at 438 m: a difference of 83 m, 66 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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