Elevation of Montcada i Reixac, Spain
33m
above sea level · 108 ft
Montcada i Reixac is a city of 37,460 people in Barcelona province, Catalonia, the 28th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 94th lowest. It’s in the Vallès Occidental comarca.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.48° N · 2.19° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 28′ 43″ N · 2° 11′ 14″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 432,133 E · 4,592,211 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Montcada i Reixac
- INE code 08125
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 37,460 people
- 23.5 km² municipality · 1,597 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 33 m (108 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 33 m.
Population
Montcada i Reixac had 37,460 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 9.0% more than in 2015, when it had 34,377. The municipality covers 23.5 km², a density of 1,597 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 28th most populous of the 311 municipalities in Barcelona province, after Barcelona (1,731,649), home to 0.6% of its people.
It belongs to the Vallès Occidental comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 23 municipalities, 972,118 people and 583 km². Montcada i Reixac is the 7th most populous (the largest is Terrassa, with 233,270) and is home to 3.9% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Montcada i Reixac 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 Montcada i Reixac is 180 m below it.
The provincial capital, Barcelona, is 11 km away in a straight line and 20 m lower than Montcada i Reixac. Madrid is 508 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Santa Coloma de Gramenet, 3.4 km away in a straight line and 2 m higher.
Of the 49 cities in Barcelona province with an elevation page, Montcada i Reixac is the 23rd lowest. The highest is Vic (498 m) and the lowest, Castelldefels (3 m).
Of the 11 municipalities in the Vallès Occidental comarca with a page, Montcada i Reixac is the lowest: the highest is Castellar del Vallès (342 m) and the lowest, Montcada i Reixac (33 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 99 km away in a straight line, 2,571 m above Montcada i Reixac.
- 185 Montcada i Reixac 33 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Montcada i Reixac.
What is the elevation of Montcada i Reixac, Spain?
Montcada i Reixac sits at 33 meters (108 feet) 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 Montcada i Reixac?
Latitude 41.47863 and longitude 2.18713 in decimal degrees (41° 28′ 43″ N · 2° 11′ 14″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 432,133 E and 4,592,211 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Montcada i Reixac 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, Montcada i Reixac or Barcelona?
Montcada i Reixac. Montcada i Reixac sits at 33 m and Barcelona at 13 m: a difference of 20 m, 11 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is Montcada i Reixac in?
Vallès Occidental, in Barcelona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 23 municipalities and 972,118 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 · 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).
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