Elevation of Écija, Spain
102m
above sea level · 335 ft
Écija is a city of 39,659 people in Seville province, Andalusia, the 7th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 134th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.54° N · 5.08° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 32′ 31″ N · 5° 4′ 47″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 316,270 E · 4,157,012 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Écija
- INE code 41039
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 39,659 people
- 978 km² municipality · 41 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 102.4 m (336 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 102 m.
Population
Écija had 39,659 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 1.6% fewer than in 2015, when it had 40,320. The municipality covers 978 km², a density of 41 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 7th most populous of the 106 municipalities in Seville province, after Sevilla (689,423), home to 2.0% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Écija sits 102 m (335 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 Écija is 111 m below it.
The provincial capital, Seville, is 83 km away in a straight line and 94 m lower than Écija. Madrid is 342 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Córdoba (Córdoba), 47 km away in a straight line and 8 m higher.
Of the 17 cities in Seville province with an elevation page, Écija is the 5th highest. The highest is Carmona (235 m) and the lowest, Los Palacios y Villafranca (6 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Seville province is Terril, at 1,128 m (3,701 ft). It lies 61 km away in a straight line, 1,026 m above Écija.
- 134 Écija 102 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Écija.
What is the elevation of Écija, Spain?
Écija sits at 102 meters (335 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 Écija?
Latitude 37.54181 and longitude -5.07967 in decimal degrees (37° 32′ 31″ N · 5° 4′ 47″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 316,270 E and 4,157,012 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Écija rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 134th highest 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, Écija or Seville?
Écija. Écija sits at 102 m and Seville at 8 m: a difference of 94 m, 83 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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