Elevation of Benicasim, Spain
24m
above sea level · 79 ft
Benicasim is a city of 20,539 people in Castellón province, Valencian Community, the 9th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 78th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.06° N · 0.06° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 3′ 22″ N · 0° 3′ 52″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 249,597 E · 4,438,110 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Benicàssim/Benicasim
- INE code 12028
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 20,539 people
- 36.3 km² municipality · 566 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 24.1 m (79 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 24 m.
Population
Benicasim had 20,539 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 13% more than in 2015, when it had 18,098. The municipality covers 36.3 km², a density of 566 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 9th most populous of the 135 municipalities in Castellón province, after Castellón de la Plana (183,711), home to 3.3% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Benicasim sits 24 m (79 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 Benicasim is 189 m below it.
The provincial capital, Castellón de la Plana, is 12 km away in a straight line and 4 m higher than Benicasim. Madrid is 321 km away.
Of the 9 cities in Castellón province with an elevation page, Benicasim is the 4th 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 40 km away in a straight line, 1,788 m above Benicasim.
- 201 Benicasim 24 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Benicasim.
What is the elevation of Benicasim, Spain?
Benicasim sits at 24 meters (79 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 Benicasim?
Latitude 40.05607 and longitude 0.06431 in decimal degrees (40° 3′ 22″ N · 0° 3′ 52″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 249,597 E and 4,438,110 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Benicasim rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 78th 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, Benicasim or Castellón de la Plana?
Castellón de la Plana. Benicasim sits at 24 m and Castellón de la Plana at 28 m: a difference of 4 m, 12 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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