Elevation of Molina de Segura, Spain
83m
above sea level · 272 ft
Molina de Segura is a city of 78,458 people in the Region of Murcia, the 4th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 74th lowest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 38.06° N · 1.21° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 38° 3′ 18″ N · 1° 12′ 47″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 656,774 E · 4,213,425 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Molina de Segura
- INE code 30027
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 78,458 people
- 169 km² municipality · 463 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 83.2 m (273 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 83 m.
Population
Molina de Segura had 78,458 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 13% more than in 2015, when it had 69,331. The municipality covers 169 km², a density of 463 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 4th most populous of the 45 municipalities in the Region of Murcia, after Murcia (479,405), home to 4.9% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Molina de Segura sits 83 m (272 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 Molina de Segura is 197 m below it.
The regional capital, Murcia, is 11 km away in a straight line and 41 m lower than Molina de Segura. Madrid is 339 km away.
Of the 20 cities in the Region of Murcia with an elevation page, Molina de Segura is the 10th highest. 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 92 km away in a straight line, 1,931 m above Molina de Segura.
- 80 Molina de Segura 83 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Molina de Segura.
What is the elevation of Molina de Segura, Spain?
Molina de Segura sits at 83 meters (272 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 Molina de Segura?
Latitude 38.05500 and longitude -1.21310 in decimal degrees (38° 3′ 18″ N · 1° 12′ 47″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 656,774 E and 4,213,425 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Molina de Segura rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 74th 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, Molina de Segura or Murcia?
Molina de Segura. Molina de Segura sits at 83 m and Murcia at 42 m: a difference of 41 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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