Elevation of Sagunto, Spain
50m
above sea level · 164 ft
Sagunto is a city of 73,031 people in Valencia province, Valencian Community, the 5th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 63rd lowest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 39.68° N · 0.28° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 39° 40′ 48″ N · 0° 16′ 43″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 733,400 E · 4,395,787 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Sagunt/Sagunto
- INE code 46220
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 73,031 people
- 134 km² municipality · 545 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 50 m (164 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 50 m.
Population
Sagunto had 73,031 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 12% more than in 2015, when it had 64,944. The municipality covers 134 km², a density of 545 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 5th most populous of the 266 municipalities in Valencia province, after Valencia (840,792), home to 2.6% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Sagunto sits 50 m (164 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 Sagunto is 230 m below it.
The provincial capital, Valencia, is 25 km away in a straight line and 37 m lower than Sagunto. Madrid is 302 km away.
Of the 33 cities in Valencia province with an elevation page, Sagunto is the 10th highest. The highest is Requena (689 m) and the lowest, Cullera (4 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Valencia province is Alto de las Barracas, at 1,836 m (6,024 ft). It lies 82 km away in a straight line, 1,786 m above Sagunto.
- 90 Sagunto 50 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Sagunto.
What is the elevation of Sagunto, Spain?
Sagunto sits at 50 meters (164 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 Sagunto?
Latitude 39.68004 and longitude -0.27854 in decimal degrees (39° 40′ 48″ N · 0° 16′ 43″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 733,400 E and 4,395,787 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Sagunto rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 63rd 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, Sagunto or Valencia?
Sagunto. Sagunto sits at 50 m and Valencia at 13 m: a difference of 37 m, 25 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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