Elevation of Manresa, Spain
238m
above sea level · 781 ft
Manresa is a city of 80,974 people in Barcelona province, Catalonia, the 12th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 63rd highest. It’s in the Bages comarca.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.72° N · 1.83° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 43′ 23″ N · 1° 49′ 37″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 402,426 E · 4,619,682 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Manresa
- INE code 08113
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 80,974 people
- 41.7 km² municipality · 1,944 people/km²
Population
Manresa had 80,974 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 8.5% more than in 2015, when it had 74,655. The municipality covers 41.7 km², a density of 1,944 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 12th most populous of the 311 municipalities in Barcelona province, after Barcelona (1,731,649), home to 1.4% of its people.
It belongs to the Bages comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 30 municipalities, 187,977 people and 1,093 km². Manresa is the most populous municipality in the comarca and is home to 43% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Manresa sits 238 m (781 ft) above sea level. Of the 153 Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 people, the highest is Ávila, at 1,125 m, and the lowest is Melilla, at 2 m. The average is 280 m, so Manresa is 42 m below it.
The provincial capital, Barcelona, is 48 km away in a straight line and 225 m lower than Manresa. Madrid is 485 km away.
Of the 49 cities in Barcelona province with an elevation page, Manresa is the 6th highest. The highest is Vic (498 m) and the lowest, Castelldefels (3 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Barcelona province is Pic de Costa Cabirolera, at 2,604 m (8,543 ft). It lies 63 km away in a straight line, 2,366 m above Manresa.
- 63 Manresa 238 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Manresa.
What is the elevation of Manresa, Spain?
Manresa sits at 238 meters (781 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 Manresa?
Latitude 41.72296 and longitude 1.82691 in decimal degrees (41° 43′ 23″ N · 1° 49′ 37″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 402,426 E and 4,619,682 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Manresa rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 63rd highest of the 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people. The highest is Ávila (1,125 m) and the lowest, Melilla (2 m).
Which is higher, Manresa or Barcelona?
Manresa. Manresa sits at 238 m and Barcelona at 13 m: a difference of 225 m, 48 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is Manresa in?
Bages, in Barcelona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 30 municipalities and 187,977 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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