Elevation of Valls, Spain
213m
above sea level · 699 ft
Valls is a city of 25,518 people in Tarragona province, Catalonia, the 8th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 95th highest. It’s in the Alt Camp comarca.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.28° N · 1.25° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 17′ 4″ N · 1° 14′ 52″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 353,257 E · 4,571,807 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Valls
- INE code 43161
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 25,518 people
- 55.6 km² municipality · 459 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 212.7 m (698 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 213 m.
Population
Valls had 25,518 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 4.9% more than in 2015, when it had 24,321. The municipality covers 55.6 km², a density of 459 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 8th most populous of the 184 municipalities in Tarragona province, after Tarragona (143,649), home to 2.9% of its people.
It belongs to the Alt Camp comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 23 municipalities, 47,051 people and 538 km². Valls is the most populous municipality in the comarca and is home to 54% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Valls sits 213 m (699 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 Valls is right on the average.
The provincial capital, Tarragona, is 19 km away in a straight line and 163 m lower than Valls. Madrid is 426 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Reus, 18 km away in a straight line and 93 m lower.
Of the 10 cities in Tarragona province with an elevation page, Valls is the highest. The highest is Valls (213 m) and the lowest, Salou (8 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Tarragona province is Caro, at 1,441 m (4,728 ft). It lies 93 km away in a straight line, 1,228 m above Valls.
- 96 Valls 213 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Valls.
What is the elevation of Valls, Spain?
Valls sits at 213 meters (699 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 Valls?
Latitude 41.28437 and longitude 1.24765 in decimal degrees (41° 17′ 4″ N · 1° 14′ 52″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 353,257 E and 4,571,807 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Valls rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 95th highest 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, Valls or Tarragona?
Valls. Valls sits at 213 m and Tarragona at 50 m: a difference of 163 m, 19 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is Valls in?
Alt Camp, in Tarragona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 23 municipalities and 47,051 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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