Elevation of Sagunto, Spain
164ft
above sea level · 50 m
Sagunto is a city of 73,031 people in Valencia province, Valencian Community, the 5th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 63rd lowest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 39.68° N · 0.28° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 39° 40′ 48″ N · 0° 16′ 43″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 733,400 E · 4,395,787 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Sagunt/Sagunto
- INE code 46220
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 73,031 people
- 51.7 sq mi municipality · 1,412 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 164 ft (50 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 164 ft.
Population
Sagunto had 73,031 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 12% more than in 2015, when it had 64,944. The municipality covers 51.7 sq mi, a density of 1,412 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 5th most populous of the 266 municipalities in Valencia province, after Valencia (840,792), home to 2.6% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Sagunto sits 164 ft (50 m) above sea level. Of the 153 Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 people, the highest is Ávila, at 3,691 ft, and the lowest is Melilla, at 7 ft. The average is 919 ft, so Sagunto is 755 ft below it.
The provincial capital, Valencia, is 15 mi away in a straight line and 121 ft lower than Sagunto.
Of the 5 cities in Valencia province with an elevation page, Sagunto is the 2nd highest. The others are Paterna (207 ft), Torrent (151 ft), Gandia (69 ft), and Valencia (43 ft).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Valencia province is Alto de las Barracas, at 6,024 ft (1,836 m). It lies 51 mi away in a straight line, 5,860 ft above Sagunto.
- 90 Sagunto 164 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Sagunto.
What is the elevation of Sagunto, Spain?
Sagunto sits at 164 feet (50 meters) 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 Sagunto?
Latitude 39.68004 and longitude -0.27854 in decimal degrees (39° 40′ 48″ N · 0° 16′ 43″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 733,400 E and 4,395,787 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Sagunto rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 63rd lowest of the 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people. The highest is Ávila (3,691 ft) and the lowest, Melilla (7 ft).
Which is higher, Sagunto or Valencia?
Sagunto. Sagunto sits at 164 ft and Valencia at 43 ft: a difference of 121 ft, 15 mi 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).
Reviewed October 31, 2026 · Methodology and sources · Spotted a mistake? Let us know