Elevation of Silla, Spain
8m
above sea level · 26 ft
Silla is a city of 20,482 people in Valencia province, Valencian Community, the 33rd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 34th lowest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 39.36° N · 0.41° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 39° 21′ 45″ N · 0° 24′ 43″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 722,961 E · 4,360,190 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Silla
- INE code 46230
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 20,482 people
- 25.1 km² municipality · 818 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 8 m (26 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 8 m.
Population
Silla had 20,482 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 10% more than in 2015, when it had 18,570. The municipality covers 25.1 km², a density of 818 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 33rd most populous of the 266 municipalities in Valencia province, after Valencia (840,792), home to 0.7% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Silla sits 8 m (26 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 Silla is 205 m below it.
The provincial capital, Valencia, is 12 km away in a straight line and 5 m higher than Silla. Madrid is 303 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Torrent, 9.5 km away in a straight line and 38 m higher.
Of the 33 cities in Valencia province with an elevation page, Silla is the 4th lowest. 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 98 km away in a straight line, 1,828 m above Silla.
- 246 Silla 8 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Silla.
What is the elevation of Silla, Spain?
Silla sits at 8 meters (26 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 Silla?
Latitude 39.36242 and longitude -0.41206 in decimal degrees (39° 21′ 45″ N · 0° 24′ 43″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 722,961 E and 4,360,190 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Silla rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 34th 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, Silla or Valencia?
Valencia. Silla sits at 8 m and Valencia at 13 m: a difference of 5 m, 12 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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