Inductive position sensor comprising at least one transmit coil, an absolute position receive coil pair (3, 4), a high-resolution position receive coil pair (5, 6) and a conductive moving target, wherein the absolute position receive coil pair (3, 4) and the high-resolution receive coil pair (5, 6) together define a measurement area of the inductive position sensor and the moving target can move in this measurement area, wherein the absolute position coil pair (3, 4) has a first sine receive coil and a first cosine receive coil, both (3, 4) having one period over the measurement area of the inductive position sensor, wherein the high-resolution position receive coil pair (5, 6) has a second sine receive coil and a second cosine receive coil, both (5, 6) having at least two periods over the measurement area of the inductive position sensor, wherein the absolute position receive coil pair (3, 4) and the high-resolution position receive coil pair (5, 6) are arranged in the same area of a printed-circuit board of the inductive position sensor, characterized in that the conductive moving target comprises at least one first target element and at least one second target element, wherein the shape of the at least one first target element is different to the shape of the at least one second target element wherein the at least one first target element covers the complete measurement area of the inductive position sensor and the at least one second target element covers a part of the measurement area of the inductive position sensor, wherein the at least one first target element and the at least one second target element are at least partially, preferably totally, overlapping but having different sizes. wherein the absolute position receive coil pair (3, 4) and the high-resolution receive coil pair (5, 6) together define a measurement area of the inductive position sensor and the moving target can move in this measurement area, wherein the absolute position coil pair (3, 4) has a first sine receive coil and a first cosine receive coil, both (3, 4) having one period over the measurement area of the inductive position sensor, wherein the high-resolution position receive coil pair (5, 6) has a second sine receive coil and a second cosine receive coil, both (5, 6) having at least two periods over the measurement area of the inductive position sensor, wherein the absolute position receive coil pair (3, 4) and the high-resolution position receive coil pair (5, 6) are arranged in the same area of a printed-circuit board of the inductive position sensor, characterized in that the conductive moving target comprises at least one first target element and at least one second target element, wherein the shape of the at least one first target element is different to the shape of the at least one second target element wherein the at least one first target element covers the complete measurement area of the inductive position sensor and the at least one second target element covers a part of the measurement area of the inductive position sensor, wherein the at least one first target element and the at least one second target element are at least partially, preferably totally, overlapping but having different sizes.