Elevation of Mairena del Aljarafe, Spain
64m
above sea level · 210 ft
Mairena del Aljarafe is a city of 48,017 people in Seville province, Andalusia, the 5th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 127th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.34° N · 6.07° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 20′ 41″ N · 6° 3′ 54″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29S · 759,990 E · 4,137,145 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Mairena del Aljarafe
- INE code 41059
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 48,017 people
- 17.5 km² municipality · 2,744 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 64.2 m (211 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 64 m.
Population
Mairena del Aljarafe had 48,017 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 8.2% more than in 2015, when it had 44,388. The municipality covers 17.5 km², a density of 2,744 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 5th most populous of the 106 municipalities in Seville province, after Sevilla (689,423), home to 2.4% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Mairena del Aljarafe sits 64 m (210 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 Aljarafe is 149 m below it.
The provincial capital, Seville, is 7.9 km away in a straight line and 56 m lower than Mairena del Aljarafe. Madrid is 399 km away.
Of the 17 cities in Seville province with an elevation page, Mairena del Aljarafe is the 7th 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 88 km away in a straight line, 1,064 m above Mairena del Aljarafe.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Mairena del Aljarafe.
What is the elevation of Mairena del Aljarafe, Spain?
Mairena del Aljarafe sits at 64 meters (210 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 Aljarafe?
Latitude 37.34462 and longitude -6.06502 in decimal degrees (37° 20′ 41″ N · 6° 3′ 54″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 759,990 E and 4,137,145 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Mairena del Aljarafe rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 127th 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, Mairena del Aljarafe or Seville?
Mairena del Aljarafe. Mairena del Aljarafe sits at 64 m and Seville at 8 m: a difference of 56 m, 7.9 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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