Elevation of Lorca, Spain
1,122ft
above sea level · 342 m
Lorca is a city of 98,969 people in the Region of Murcia, the 3rd largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 58th highest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.68° N · 1.70° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 40′ 35″ N · 1° 42′ 0″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 614,648 E · 4,170,717 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Lorca
- INE code 30024
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 98,969 people
- 647 sq mi municipality · 153 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 1,123 ft (342.3 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 1,122 ft.
Population
Lorca had 98,969 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 7.9% more than in 2015, when it had 91,714. The municipality covers 647 sq mi, a density of 153 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 3rd most populous of the 45 municipalities in the Region of Murcia, after Murcia (479,405), home to 6.2% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Lorca sits 1,122 ft (342 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 Lorca is 203 ft above it.
The regional capital, Murcia, is 38 mi away in a straight line and 984 ft lower than Lorca.
Of the 4 cities in the Region of Murcia with an elevation page, Lorca is the highest. The others are Molina de Segura (272 ft), Murcia (138 ft), and Cartagena (16 ft).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in the Region of Murcia is Obispo, at 6,608 ft (2,014 m). It lies 41 mi away in a straight line, 5,486 ft above Lorca.
- 58 Lorca 1,122 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Lorca.
What is the elevation of Lorca, Spain?
Lorca sits at 1,122 feet (342 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 Lorca?
Latitude 37.67649 and longitude -1.69989 in decimal degrees (37° 40′ 35″ N · 1° 42′ 0″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 614,648 E and 4,170,717 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Lorca rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 58th 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, Lorca or Murcia?
Lorca. Lorca sits at 1,122 ft and Murcia at 138 ft: a difference of 984 ft, 38 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