Elevation of Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
2,270ft
above sea level · 692 m
Pozuelo de Alarcón is a city of 89,770 people in the Community of Madrid, the 14th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 16th highest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.43° N · 3.81° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 26′ 4″ N · 3° 48′ 50″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 430,965 E · 4,476,289 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Pozuelo de Alarcón
- INE code 28115
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 89,770 people
- 16.7 sq mi municipality · 5,382 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 2,270 ft (692 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 2,270 ft.
Population
Pozuelo de Alarcón had 89,770 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 6.2% more than in 2015, when it had 84,558. The municipality covers 16.7 sq mi, a density of 5,382 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 14th most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 1.3% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Pozuelo de Alarcón sits 2,270 ft (692 m) above sea level. Of the 153 Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 people, the highest is Ávila, at 3,691 ft, and the lowest is Melilla, at 7 ft. The average is 919 ft, so Pozuelo de Alarcón is 1,352 ft above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 6.5 mi away in a straight line and 154 ft lower than Pozuelo de Alarcón.
Of the 24 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Pozuelo de Alarcón is the 7th highest. The highest is Collado Villalba (3,005 ft) and the lowest, Aranjuez (1,627 ft).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in the Community of Madrid is Peñalara, at 7,966 ft (2,428 m). It lies 30 mi away in a straight line, 5,696 ft above Pozuelo de Alarcón.
- 17 Pozuelo de Alarcón 2,270 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Pozuelo de Alarcón.
What is the elevation of Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain?
Pozuelo de Alarcón sits at 2,270 feet (692 meters) 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 Pozuelo de Alarcón?
Latitude 40.43438 and longitude -3.81393 in decimal degrees (40° 26′ 4″ N · 3° 48′ 50″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 430,965 E and 4,476,289 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Pozuelo de Alarcón rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 16th highest of the 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people. The highest is Ávila (3,691 ft) and the lowest, Melilla (7 ft).
Which is higher, Pozuelo de Alarcón or Madrid?
Pozuelo de Alarcón. Pozuelo de Alarcón sits at 2,270 ft and Madrid at 2,116 ft: a difference of 154 ft, 6.5 mi 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).
Reviewed October 31, 2026 · Methodology and sources · Spotted a mistake? Let us know