Elevation of Ontinyent, Spain
343m
above sea level · 1,125 ft
Ontinyent is a city of 37,012 people in Valencia province, Valencian Community, the 9th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 66th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 38.82° N · 0.61° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 38° 49′ 17″ N · 0° 36′ 35″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 707,508 E · 4,299,659 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Ontinyent
- INE code 46184
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 37,012 people
- 125 km² municipality · 295 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 344 m (1,129 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 343 m.
Population
Ontinyent had 37,012 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 3.9% more than in 2015, when it had 35,621. The municipality covers 125 km², a density of 295 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 9th most populous of the 266 municipalities in Valencia province, after Valencia (840,792), home to 1.3% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Ontinyent sits 343 m (1,125 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 Ontinyent is 130 m above it.
The provincial capital, Valencia, is 75 km away in a straight line and 330 m lower than Ontinyent. Madrid is 318 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Alcoy (Alicante), 18 km away in a straight line and 222 m higher.
Of the 33 cities in Valencia province with an elevation page, Ontinyent is the 2nd 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 146 km away in a straight line, 1,493 m above Ontinyent.
- 67 Ontinyent 343 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Ontinyent.
What is the elevation of Ontinyent, Spain?
Ontinyent sits at 343 meters (1,125 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 Ontinyent?
Latitude 38.82129 and longitude -0.60976 in decimal degrees (38° 49′ 17″ N · 0° 36′ 35″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 707,508 E and 4,299,659 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Ontinyent rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 66th highest 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, Ontinyent or Valencia?
Ontinyent. Ontinyent sits at 343 m and Valencia at 13 m: a difference of 330 m, 75 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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