Elevation of Almassora, Spain
33m
above sea level · 108 ft
Almassora is a city of 29,159 people in Castellón province, Valencian Community, the 7th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 94th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 39.95° N · 0.06° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 39° 56′ 43″ N · 0° 3′ 48″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 750,894 E · 4,425,813 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Almassora
- INE code 12009
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 29,159 people
- 33.2 km² municipality · 879 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 33 m (108 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 33 m.
Population
Almassora had 29,159 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 14% more than in 2015, when it had 25,488. The municipality covers 33.2 km², a density of 879 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 7th most populous of the 135 municipalities in Castellón province, after Castellón de la Plana (183,711), home to 4.6% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Almassora sits 33 m (108 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 Almassora is 180 m below it.
The provincial capital, Castellón de la Plana, is 5.0 km away in a straight line and 5 m lower than Almassora. Madrid is 313 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Vila-real, 3.4 km away in a straight line and 8 m higher.
Of the 9 cities in Castellón province with an elevation page, Almassora is the 4th highest. The highest is Onda (192 m) and the lowest, Vinaròs (7 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Castellón province is Penyagolosa, at 1,812 m (5,945 ft). It lies 39 km away in a straight line, 1,779 m above Almassora.
- 183 Almassora 33 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Almassora.
What is the elevation of Almassora, Spain?
Almassora sits at 33 meters (108 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 Almassora?
Latitude 39.94527 and longitude -0.06331 in decimal degrees (39° 56′ 43″ N · 0° 3′ 48″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 750,894 E and 4,425,813 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Almassora rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 94th 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, Almassora or Castellón de la Plana?
Almassora. Almassora sits at 33 m and Castellón de la Plana at 28 m: a difference of 5 m, 5.0 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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