Elevation of Alaquàs, Spain
45m
above sea level · 148 ft
Alaquàs is a city of 30,166 people in Valencia province, Valencian Community, the 15th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 110th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 39.46° N · 0.46° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 39° 27′ 26″ N · 0° 27′ 39″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 718,460 E · 4,370,586 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Alaquàs
- INE code 46005
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 30,166 people
- 3.86 km² municipality · 7,815 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 45 m (148 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 45 m.
Population
Alaquàs had 30,166 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 1.1% more than in 2015, when it had 29,838. The municipality covers 3.86 km², a density of 7,815 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 15th most populous of the 266 municipalities in Valencia province, after Valencia (840,792), home to 1.1% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Alaquàs sits 45 m (148 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 Alaquàs is 168 m below it.
The provincial capital, Valencia, is 7.3 km away in a straight line and 32 m lower than Alaquàs. Madrid is 295 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Torrent, 2.3 km away in a straight line and 1 m higher.
Of the 33 cities in Valencia province with an elevation page, Alaquàs is the 12th highest. The highest is Requena (689 m) and the lowest, Cullera (4 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Valencia province is Alto de las Barracas, at 1,836 m (6,024 ft). It lies 87 km away in a straight line, 1,791 m above Alaquàs.
- 167 Alaquàs 45 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Alaquàs.
What is the elevation of Alaquàs, Spain?
Alaquàs sits at 45 meters (148 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 Alaquàs?
Latitude 39.45715 and longitude -0.46086 in decimal degrees (39° 27′ 26″ N · 0° 27′ 39″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 718,460 E and 4,370,586 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Alaquàs rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 110th 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, Alaquàs or Valencia?
Alaquàs. Alaquàs sits at 45 m and Valencia at 13 m: a difference of 32 m, 7.3 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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