Elevation of Manises, Spain
52m
above sea level · 171 ft
Manises is a city of 32,609 people in Valencia province, Valencian Community, the 11th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 117th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 39.49° N · 0.46° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 39° 29′ 35″ N · 0° 27′ 26″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 718,656 E · 4,374,587 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Manises
- INE code 46159
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 32,609 people
- 19.4 km² municipality · 1,683 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 51.8 m (170 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 52 m.
Population
Manises had 32,609 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 5.8% more than in 2015, when it had 30,807. The municipality covers 19.4 km², a density of 1,683 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 11th most populous of the 266 municipalities in Valencia province, after Valencia (840,792), home to 1.2% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Manises sits 52 m (171 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 Manises is 161 m below it.
The provincial capital, Valencia, is 7.3 km away in a straight line and 39 m lower than Manises. Madrid is 294 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Paterna, 1.8 km away in a straight line and 11 m higher.
Of the 33 cities in Valencia province with an elevation page, Manises is the 9th 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 85 km away in a straight line, 1,784 m above Manises.
- 163 Manises 52 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Manises.
What is the elevation of Manises, Spain?
Manises sits at 52 meters (171 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 Manises?
Latitude 39.49311 and longitude -0.45727 in decimal degrees (39° 29′ 35″ N · 0° 27′ 26″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 718,656 E and 4,374,587 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Manises rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 117th 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, Manises or Valencia?
Manises. Manises sits at 52 m and Valencia at 13 m: a difference of 39 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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