Elevation of Narón, Spain
23m
above sea level · 75 ft
Narón is a city of 39,953 people in A Coruña province, Galicia, the 4th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 73rd lowest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.50° N · 8.19° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 30′ 4″ N · 8° 11′ 33″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29T · 565,285 E · 4,816,785 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Narón
- INE code 15054
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 39,953 people
- 66.9 km² municipality · 597 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 22.7 m (74 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 23 m.
Population
Narón had 39,953 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 1.0% more than in 2015, when it had 39,565. The municipality covers 66.9 km², a density of 597 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 4th most populous of the 93 municipalities in A Coruña province, after A Coruña (251,543), home to 3.5% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Narón sits 23 m (75 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 Narón is 190 m below it.
The provincial capital, A Coruña, is 22 km away in a straight line and 17 m lower than Narón. Madrid is 506 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Ferrol, 3.8 km away in a straight line and 9 m lower.
Of the 11 cities in A Coruña province with an elevation page, Narón is the 4th lowest. The highest is Santiago de Compostela (244 m) and the lowest, A Coruña (6 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in A Coruña province is O Coto da Andoriña, at 802 m (2,631 ft). It lies 60 km away in a straight line, 779 m above Narón.
- 205 Narón 23 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Narón.
What is the elevation of Narón, Spain?
Narón sits at 23 meters (75 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 Narón?
Latitude 43.50114 and longitude -8.19245 in decimal degrees (43° 30′ 4″ N · 8° 11′ 33″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 565,285 E and 4,816,785 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Narón rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 73rd 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, Narón or A Coruña?
Narón. Narón sits at 23 m and A Coruña at 6 m: a difference of 17 m, 22 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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