Elevation of Oliva, Spain
12m
above sea level · 39 ft
Oliva is a city of 26,813 people in Valencia province, Valencian Community, the 22nd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 53rd lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 38.92° N · 0.12° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 38° 55′ 11″ N · 0° 7′ 10″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 749,744 E · 4,311,829 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Oliva
- INE code 46181
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 26,813 people
- 60.2 km² municipality · 446 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 12.3 m (40 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 12 m.
Population
Oliva had 26,813 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 2.4% more than in 2015, when it had 26,190. The municipality covers 60.2 km², a density of 446 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 22nd most populous of the 266 municipalities in Valencia province, after Valencia (840,792), home to 1.0% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Oliva sits 12 m (39 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 Oliva is 201 m below it.
The provincial capital, Valencia, is 65 km away in a straight line and 1 m higher than Oliva. Madrid is 348 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Gandia, 7.4 km away in a straight line and 9 m higher.
Of the 33 cities in Valencia province with an elevation page, Oliva is the 8th 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 153 km away in a straight line, 1,824 m above Oliva.
- 227 Oliva 12 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Oliva.
What is the elevation of Oliva, Spain?
Oliva sits at 12 meters (39 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 Oliva?
Latitude 38.91986 and longitude -0.11935 in decimal degrees (38° 55′ 11″ N · 0° 7′ 10″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 749,744 E and 4,311,829 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Oliva rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 53rd 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, Oliva or Valencia?
Valencia. Oliva sits at 12 m and Valencia at 13 m: a difference of 1 m, 65 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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