Elevation of Requena, Spain
689m
above sea level · 2,260 ft
Requena is a city of 20,982 people in Valencia province, Valencian Community, the 32nd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 21st highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 39.49° N · 1.10° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 39° 29′ 12″ N · 1° 5′ 53″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 663,556 E · 4,372,515 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Requena
- INE code 46213
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 20,982 people
- 814 km² municipality · 26 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 689 m (2,260 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 689 m.
Population
Requena had 20,982 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 1.8% more than in 2015, when it had 20,621. The municipality covers 814 km², a density of 26 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 32nd 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
Requena sits 689 m (2,260 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 Requena is 476 m above it.
The provincial capital, Valencia, is 62 km away in a straight line and 676 m lower than Requena. Madrid is 244 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Torrent, 55 km away in a straight line and 643 m lower.
Of the 33 cities in Valencia province with an elevation page, Requena is the 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 66 km away in a straight line, 1,147 m above Requena.
- 21 Requena 689 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Requena.
What is the elevation of Requena, Spain?
Requena sits at 689 meters (2,260 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 Requena?
Latitude 39.48670 and longitude -1.09815 in decimal degrees (39° 29′ 12″ N · 1° 5′ 53″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 663,556 E and 4,372,515 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Requena rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 21st 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, Requena or Valencia?
Requena. Requena sits at 689 m and Valencia at 13 m: a difference of 676 m, 62 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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