Elevation of Alfafar, Spain
10m
above sea level · 33 ft
Alfafar is a city of 22,270 people in Valencia province, Valencian Community, the 28th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 42nd lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 39.42° N · 0.39° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 39° 25′ 21″ N · 0° 23′ 24″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 724,665 E · 4,366,925 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Alfafar
- INE code 46022
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 22,270 people
- 10.1 km² municipality · 2,207 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 10 m (33 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 10 m.
Population
Alfafar had 22,270 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 5.4% more than in 2015, when it had 21,125. The municipality covers 10.1 km², a density of 2,207 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 28th most populous of the 266 municipalities in Valencia province, after Valencia (840,792), home to 0.8% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Alfafar sits 10 m (33 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 Alfafar is 203 m below it.
The provincial capital, Valencia, is 5.4 km away in a straight line and 3 m higher than Alfafar. Madrid is 303 km away.
Of the 33 cities in Valencia province with an elevation page, Alfafar is the 5th lowest. 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 94 km away in a straight line, 1,826 m above Alfafar.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Alfafar.
What is the elevation of Alfafar, Spain?
Alfafar sits at 10 meters (33 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 Alfafar?
Latitude 39.42260 and longitude -0.39004 in decimal degrees (39° 25′ 21″ N · 0° 23′ 24″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 724,665 E and 4,366,925 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Alfafar rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 42nd 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, Alfafar or Valencia?
Valencia. Alfafar sits at 10 m and Valencia at 13 m: a difference of 3 m, 5.4 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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