Elevation of Santa Eulària des Riu, Spain
10m
above sea level · 33 ft
Santa Eulària des Riu is a city of 42,479 people in the Balearic Islands, the 5th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 42nd lowest. It’s in the island of Ibiza.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 38.99° N · 1.53° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 38° 59′ 6″ N · 1° 32′ 0″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31S · 372,968 E · 4,316,147 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Santa Eulària des Riu
- INE code 07054
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 42,479 people
- 154 km² municipality · 277 people/km²
Population
Santa Eulària des Riu had 42,479 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 19% more than in 2015, when it had 35,812. The municipality covers 154 km², a density of 277 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 5th most populous of the 67 municipalities in the Balearic Islands, after Palma (434,786), home to 3.4% of its people.
It’s on the island of Ibiza: 5 municipalities, 163,755 people and 573 km². Santa Eulària des Riu is the 2nd most populous (the largest is Eivissa, with 55,337) and is home to 26% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Santa Eulària des Riu sits 10 m (33 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 Santa Eulària des Riu is 203 m below it.
The regional capital, Palma, is 116 km away in a straight line and 9 m higher than Santa Eulària des Riu. Madrid is 475 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Eivissa, 12 km away in a straight line and 22 m higher.
Of the 13 cities in the Balearic Islands with an elevation page, Santa Eulària des Riu is the 2nd lowest. The highest is Sant Josep de sa Talaia (203 m) and the lowest, Sant Antoni de Portmany (7 m).
3 other municipalities in the island of Ibiza have a page: Sant Josep de sa Talaia (203 m), Eivissa (32 m), and Sant Antoni de Portmany (7 m). Santa Eulària des Riu is the 2nd lowest of the 4.
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in the Balearic Islands is Puig Major, at 1,436 m (4,711 ft). It lies 142 km away in a straight line, 1,426 m above Santa Eulària des Riu.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Santa Eulària des Riu.
What is the elevation of Santa Eulària des Riu, Spain?
Santa Eulària des Riu sits at 10 meters (33 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 Santa Eulària des Riu?
Latitude 38.98511 and longitude 1.53332 in decimal degrees (38° 59′ 6″ N · 1° 32′ 0″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 372,968 E and 4,316,147 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Santa Eulària des Riu rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 42nd 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, Santa Eulària des Riu or Palma?
Palma. Santa Eulària des Riu sits at 10 m and Palma at 19 m: a difference of 9 m, 116 km apart in a straight line.
Which island is Santa Eulària des Riu on?
Ibiza, in Balearic Islands province. The island has 5 municipalities and 163,755 people.
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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