Elevation of Vic, Spain
498m
above sea level · 1,634 ft
Vic is a city of 50,796 people in Barcelona province, Catalonia, the 20th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 47th highest. It’s in the Osona comarca.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.93° N · 2.26° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 55′ 48″ N · 2° 15′ 18″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 438,237 E · 4,642,263 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Vic
- INE code 08298
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 50,796 people
- 30.8 km² municipality · 1,650 people/km²
Population
Vic had 50,796 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 20% more than in 2015, when it had 42,498. The municipality covers 30.8 km², a density of 1,650 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 20th most populous of the 311 municipalities in Barcelona province, after Barcelona (1,731,649), home to 0.8% of its people.
It belongs to the Osona comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 43 municipalities, 169,047 people and 1,029 km². Vic is the most populous municipality in the comarca and is home to 30% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Vic sits 498 m (1,634 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 Vic is 218 m above it.
The provincial capital, Barcelona, is 61 km away in a straight line and 485 m lower than Vic. Madrid is 525 km away.
Of the 49 cities in Barcelona province with an elevation page, Vic is the highest. The highest is Vic (498 m) and the lowest, Castelldefels (3 m).
One other municipality in the Osona comarca has a page: Manlleu (446 m). Vic is the highest of the two.
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 62 km away in a straight line, 2,106 m above Vic.
- 47 Vic 498 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Vic.
What is the elevation of Vic, Spain?
Vic sits at 498 meters (1,634 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 Vic?
Latitude 41.92991 and longitude 2.25505 in decimal degrees (41° 55′ 48″ N · 2° 15′ 18″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 438,237 E and 4,642,263 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Vic rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 47th 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, Vic or Barcelona?
Vic. Vic sits at 498 m and Barcelona at 13 m: a difference of 485 m, 61 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is Vic in?
Osona, in Barcelona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 43 municipalities and 169,047 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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