Elevation of Mairena del Alcor, Spain
125m
above sea level · 410 ft
Mairena del Alcor is a city of 24,339 people in Seville province, Andalusia, the 15th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 119th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.37° N · 5.75° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 22′ 23″ N · 5° 44′ 52″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 256,692 E · 4,139,813 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Mairena del Alcor
- INE code 41058
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 24,339 people
- 69.9 km² municipality · 348 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 126.3 m (414 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 125 m.
Population
Mairena del Alcor had 24,339 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 7.0% more than in 2015, when it had 22,749. The municipality covers 69.9 km², a density of 348 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 15th most populous of the 106 municipalities in Seville province, after Sevilla (689,423), home to 1.2% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Mairena del Alcor sits 125 m (410 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 Mairena del Alcor is 88 m below it.
The provincial capital, Seville, is 22 km away in a straight line and 117 m lower than Mairena del Alcor. Madrid is 383 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Alcalá de Guadaíra, 10.0 km away in a straight line and 93 m lower.
Of the 17 cities in Seville province with an elevation page, Mairena del Alcor is the 3rd 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 66 km away in a straight line, 1,003 m above Mairena del Alcor.
- 119 Mairena del Alcor 125 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Mairena del Alcor.
What is the elevation of Mairena del Alcor, Spain?
Mairena del Alcor sits at 125 meters (410 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 Mairena del Alcor?
Latitude 37.37317 and longitude -5.74774 in decimal degrees (37° 22′ 23″ N · 5° 44′ 52″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 256,692 E and 4,139,813 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Mairena del Alcor rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 119th 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, Mairena del Alcor or Seville?
Mairena del Alcor. Mairena del Alcor sits at 125 m and Seville at 8 m: a difference of 117 m, 22 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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