Elevation of Los Palacios y Villafranca, Spain
6m
above sea level · 20 ft
Los Palacios y Villafranca is a city of 38,761 people in Seville province, Andalusia, the 8th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 22nd lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.16° N · 5.92° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 9′ 30″ N · 5° 55′ 28″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 240,297 E · 4,116,457 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Los Palacios y Villafranca
- INE code 41069
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 38,761 people
- 109 km² municipality · 354 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 6 m (20 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 6 m.
Population
Los Palacios y Villafranca had 38,761 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 1.6% more than in 2015, when it had 38,157. The municipality covers 109 km², a density of 354 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 8th 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
Los Palacios y Villafranca sits 6 m (20 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 Los Palacios y Villafranca is 207 m below it.
The provincial capital, Seville, is 26 km away in a straight line and 2 m higher than Los Palacios y Villafranca. Madrid is 411 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Utrera, 13 km away in a straight line and 39 m higher.
Of the 17 cities in Seville province with an elevation page, Los Palacios y Villafranca is the 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 69 km away in a straight line, 1,122 m above Los Palacios y Villafranca.
- 255 Los Palacios y Villafranca 6 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Los Palacios y Villafranca.
What is the elevation of Los Palacios y Villafranca, Spain?
Los Palacios y Villafranca sits at 6 meters (20 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 Los Palacios y Villafranca?
Latitude 37.15846 and longitude -5.92453 in decimal degrees (37° 9′ 30″ N · 5° 55′ 28″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 240,297 E and 4,116,457 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Los Palacios y Villafranca rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 22nd 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, Los Palacios y Villafranca or Seville?
Seville. Los Palacios y Villafranca sits at 6 m and Seville at 8 m: a difference of 2 m, 26 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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