Elevation of Las Torres de Cotillas, Spain
80m
above sea level · 262 ft
Las Torres de Cotillas is a city of 22,676 people in the Region of Murcia, the 17th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 136th lowest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 38.03° N · 1.24° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 38° 1′ 40″ N · 1° 14′ 23″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 654,496 E · 4,210,352 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Las Torres de Cotillas
- INE code 30038
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 22,676 people
- 38.8 km² municipality · 585 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 80.4 m (264 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 80 m.
Population
Las Torres de Cotillas had 22,676 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 6.0% more than in 2015, when it had 21,399. The municipality covers 38.8 km², a density of 585 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 17th most populous of the 45 municipalities in the Region of Murcia, after Murcia (479,405), home to 1.4% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Las Torres de Cotillas sits 80 m (262 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 Las Torres de Cotillas is 133 m below it.
The regional capital, Murcia, is 11 km away in a straight line and 38 m lower than Las Torres de Cotillas. Madrid is 340 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Molina de Segura, 3.8 km away in a straight line and 3 m higher.
Of the 20 cities in the Region of Murcia with an elevation page, Las Torres de Cotillas is the 10th lowest. The highest is Caravaca de la Cruz (628 m) and the lowest, Águilas (4 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in the Region of Murcia is Obispo, at 2,014 m (6,608 ft). It lies 90 km away in a straight line, 1,934 m above Las Torres de Cotillas.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Las Torres de Cotillas.
What is the elevation of Las Torres de Cotillas, Spain?
Las Torres de Cotillas sits at 80 meters (262 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 Las Torres de Cotillas?
Latitude 38.02771 and longitude -1.23972 in decimal degrees (38° 1′ 40″ N · 1° 14′ 23″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 654,496 E and 4,210,352 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Las Torres de Cotillas rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 136th 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, Las Torres de Cotillas or Murcia?
Las Torres de Cotillas. Las Torres de Cotillas sits at 80 m and Murcia at 42 m: a difference of 38 m, 11 km apart in a straight line.
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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