Elevation of Seseña, Spain
608m
above sea level · 1,995 ft
Seseña is a city of 30,907 people in Toledo province, Castilla–La Mancha, the 4th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 37th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.10° N · 3.70° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 6′ 16″ N · 3° 41′ 50″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 440,566 E · 4,439,589 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Seseña
- INE code 45161
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 30,907 people
- 71.4 km² municipality · 433 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 608.4 m (1,996 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 608 m.
Population
Seseña had 30,907 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 43% more than in 2015, when it had 21,558. The municipality covers 71.4 km², a density of 433 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 4th most populous of the 204 municipalities in Toledo province, after Toledo (87,216), home to 4.1% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Seseña sits 608 m (1,995 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 Seseña is 395 m above it.
The provincial capital, Toledo, is 39 km away in a straight line and 92 m lower than Seseña. Madrid is 35 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Valdemoro (Madrid), 9.7 km away in a straight line and 5 m lower.
Of the 4 cities in Toledo province with an elevation page, Seseña is the highest. The others are Illescas (589 m), Toledo (516 m), and Talavera de la Reina (373 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Toledo province is Rocigalgo, at 1,449 m (4,754 ft). It lies 101 km away in a straight line, 841 m above Seseña.
- 37 Seseña 608 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Seseña.
What is the elevation of Seseña, Spain?
Seseña sits at 608 meters (1,995 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 Seseña?
Latitude 40.10451 and longitude -3.69734 in decimal degrees (40° 6′ 16″ N · 3° 41′ 50″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 440,566 E and 4,439,589 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Seseña rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 37th 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, Seseña or Toledo?
Seseña. Seseña sits at 608 m and Toledo at 516 m: a difference of 92 m, 39 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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