Elevation of La Rinconada, Spain
11m
above sea level · 36 ft
La Rinconada is a city of 40,724 people in Seville province, Andalusia, 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
- 37.49° N · 5.98° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 29′ 16″ N · 5° 58′ 46″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 236,574 E · 4,153,149 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- La Rinconada
- INE code 41081
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 40,724 people
- 138 km² municipality · 294 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 10.4 m (34 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 11 m.
Population
La Rinconada had 40,724 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 6.7% more than in 2015, when it had 38,180. The municipality covers 138 km², a density of 294 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 6th most populous of the 106 municipalities in Seville province, after Sevilla (689,423), home to 2.1% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
La Rinconada 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 La Rinconada is 202 m below it.
The provincial capital, Seville, is 11 km away in a straight line and 3 m lower than La Rinconada. Madrid is 381 km away.
Of the 17 cities in Seville province with an elevation page, La Rinconada is the 6th lowest. 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 90 km away in a straight line, 1,117 m above La Rinconada.
- 230 La Rinconada 11 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of La Rinconada.
What is the elevation of La Rinconada, Spain?
La Rinconada 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 La Rinconada?
Latitude 37.48772 and longitude -5.97943 in decimal degrees (37° 29′ 16″ N · 5° 58′ 46″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 236,574 E and 4,153,149 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does La Rinconada 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, La Rinconada or Seville?
La Rinconada. La Rinconada sits at 11 m and Seville at 8 m: a difference of 3 m, 11 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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