Elevation of Pilar de la Horadada, Spain
33m
above sea level · 108 ft
Pilar de la Horadada is a city of 24,316 people in Alicante province, Valencian Community, the 23rd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 94th lowest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.86° N · 0.79° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 51′ 51″ N · 0° 47′ 34″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 694,165 E · 4,193,049 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Pilar de la Horadada
- INE code 03902
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 24,316 people
- 77.8 km² municipality · 312 people/km²
Population
Pilar de la Horadada had 24,316 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 12% more than in 2015, when it had 21,629. The municipality covers 77.8 km², a density of 312 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 23rd most populous of the 141 municipalities in Alicante province, after Alicante (366,221), home to 1.2% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Pilar de la Horadada sits 33 m (108 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 Pilar de la Horadada is 180 m below it.
The provincial capital, Alicante, is 60 km away in a straight line and 28 m lower than Pilar de la Horadada. Madrid is 378 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Torrevieja, 16 km away in a straight line and 25 m lower.
Of the 26 cities in Alicante province with an elevation page, Pilar de la Horadada is the 12th lowest. The highest is Ibi (754 m) and the lowest, Santa Pola (1 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Alicante province is Aitana, at 1,557 m (5,108 ft). It lies 99 km away in a straight line, 1,524 m above Pilar de la Horadada.
- 186 Pilar de la Horadada 33 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Pilar de la Horadada.
What is the elevation of Pilar de la Horadada, Spain?
Pilar de la Horadada sits at 33 meters (108 feet) above sea level. That’s the ground height in the IGN’s MDT05 terrain model at the town’s reference point in the national gazetteer, because the published figure for this town didn’t match the terrain.
What are the coordinates of Pilar de la Horadada?
Latitude 37.86424 and longitude -0.79269 in decimal degrees (37° 51′ 51″ N · 0° 47′ 34″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 694,165 E and 4,193,049 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Pilar de la Horadada rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 94th 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, Pilar de la Horadada or Alicante?
Pilar de la Horadada. Pilar de la Horadada sits at 33 m and Alicante at 5 m: a difference of 28 m, 60 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 · MDT05 at the gazetteer point (NGMEP) The town’s reference point and its ground height in the terrain model, because the official figure for this town didn’t match the terrain. 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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