Elevation of Mollet del Vallès, Spain
60m
above sea level · 197 ft
Mollet del Vallès is a city of 52,990 people in Barcelona province, Catalonia, the 19th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 66th lowest. It’s in the Vallès Oriental comarca.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.54° N · 2.21° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 32′ 8″ N · 2° 12′ 38″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 434,138 E · 4,598,502 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Mollet del Vallès
- INE code 08124
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 52,990 people
- 10.8 km² municipality · 4,916 people/km²
Population
Mollet del Vallès had 52,990 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 2.6% more than in 2015, when it had 51,650. The municipality covers 10.8 km², a density of 4,916 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 19th most populous of the 311 municipalities in Barcelona province, after Barcelona (1,731,649), home to 0.9% of its people.
It belongs to the Vallès Oriental comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 38 municipalities, 429,598 people and 728 km². Mollet del Vallès is the 2nd most populous (the largest is Granollers, with 65,341) and is home to 12% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Mollet del Vallès sits 60 m (197 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 Mollet del Vallès is 220 m below it.
The provincial capital, Barcelona, is 17 km away in a straight line and 47 m lower than Mollet del Vallès. Madrid is 511 km away.
Of the 49 cities in Barcelona province with an elevation page, Mollet del Vallès is the 23rd highest. The highest is Vic (498 m) and the lowest, Castelldefels (3 m).
2 other municipalities in the Vallès Oriental comarca have a page: Les Franqueses del Vallès (191 m) and Granollers (145 m). Mollet del Vallès is the lowest of the 3.
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 94 km away in a straight line, 2,544 m above Mollet del Vallès.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Mollet del Vallès.
What is the elevation of Mollet del Vallès, Spain?
Mollet del Vallès sits at 60 meters (197 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 Mollet del Vallès?
Latitude 41.53546 and longitude 2.21045 in decimal degrees (41° 32′ 8″ N · 2° 12′ 38″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 434,138 E and 4,598,502 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Mollet del Vallès rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 66th lowest 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, Mollet del Vallès or Barcelona?
Mollet del Vallès. Mollet del Vallès sits at 60 m and Barcelona at 13 m: a difference of 47 m, 17 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is Mollet del Vallès in?
Vallès Oriental, in Barcelona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 38 municipalities and 429,598 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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