Elevation of Benicarló, Spain
11m
above sea level · 36 ft
Benicarló is a city of 30,296 people in Castellón province, Valencian Community, the 6th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 49th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.42° N · 0.42° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 25′ 6″ N · 0° 25′ 23″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 281,376 E · 4,477,378 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Benicarló
- INE code 12027
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 30,296 people
- 47.9 km² municipality · 633 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 11 m (36 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 11 m.
Population
Benicarló had 30,296 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 15% more than in 2015, when it had 26,403. The municipality covers 47.9 km², a density of 633 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 6th most populous of the 135 municipalities in Castellón province, after Castellón de la Plana (183,711), home to 4.8% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Benicarló sits 11 m (36 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 Benicarló is 202 m below it.
The provincial capital, Castellón de la Plana, is 62 km away in a straight line and 17 m higher than Benicarló. Madrid is 348 km away.
Of the 9 cities in Castellón province with an elevation page, Benicarló is the 2nd lowest. 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 69 km away in a straight line, 1,801 m above Benicarló.
- 229 Benicarló 11 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Benicarló.
What is the elevation of Benicarló, Spain?
Benicarló sits at 11 meters (36 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 Benicarló?
Latitude 40.41833 and longitude 0.42314 in decimal degrees (40° 25′ 6″ N · 0° 25′ 23″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 281,376 E and 4,477,378 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Benicarló rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 49th 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, Benicarló or Castellón de la Plana?
Castellón de la Plana. Benicarló sits at 11 m and Castellón de la Plana at 28 m: a difference of 17 m, 62 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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