Elevation of Burjassot, Spain
43m
above sea level · 141 ft
Burjassot is a city of 41,299 people in Valencia province, Valencian Community, the 8th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 106th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 39.51° N · 0.41° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 39° 30′ 31″ N · 0° 24′ 41″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 722,558 E · 4,376,417 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Burjassot
- INE code 46078
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 41,299 people
- 3.46 km² municipality · 11,936 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 43.2 m (142 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 43 m.
Population
Burjassot had 41,299 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 10.0% more than in 2015, when it had 37,546. The municipality covers 3.46 km², a density of 11,936 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 8th most populous of the 266 municipalities in Valencia province, after Valencia (840,792), home to 1.5% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Burjassot sits 43 m (141 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 Burjassot is 170 m below it.
The provincial capital, Valencia, is 5.2 km away in a straight line and 30 m lower than Burjassot. Madrid is 297 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Paterna, 2.6 km away in a straight line and 20 m higher.
Of the 33 cities in Valencia province with an elevation page, Burjassot is the 15th 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 86 km away in a straight line, 1,793 m above Burjassot.
- 174 Burjassot 43 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Burjassot.
What is the elevation of Burjassot, Spain?
Burjassot sits at 43 meters (141 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 Burjassot?
Latitude 39.50858 and longitude -0.41134 in decimal degrees (39° 30′ 31″ N · 0° 24′ 41″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 722,558 E and 4,376,417 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Burjassot rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 106th 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, Burjassot or Valencia?
Burjassot. Burjassot sits at 43 m and Valencia at 13 m: a difference of 30 m, 5.2 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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