Elevation of Castellar del Vallès, Spain
342m
above sea level · 1,122 ft
Castellar del Vallès is a city of 25,422 people in Barcelona province, Catalonia, the 40th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 68th highest. It’s in the Vallès Occidental comarca.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.62° N · 2.09° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 37′ 7″ N · 2° 5′ 16″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 424,006 E · 4,607,825 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Castellar del Vallès
- INE code 08051
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 25,422 people
- 45.1 km² municipality · 563 people/km²
Population
Castellar del Vallès had 25,422 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 8.4% more than in 2015, when it had 23,442. The municipality covers 45.1 km², a density of 563 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 40th most populous of the 311 municipalities in Barcelona province, after Barcelona (1,731,649), home to 0.4% of its people.
It belongs to the Vallès Occidental comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 23 municipalities, 972,118 people and 583 km². Castellar del Vallès is the 10th most populous (the largest is Terrassa, with 233,270) and is home to 2.6% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Castellar del Vallès sits 342 m (1,122 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 Castellar del Vallès is 129 m above it.
The provincial capital, Barcelona, is 27 km away in a straight line and 329 m lower than Castellar del Vallès. Madrid is 503 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Sabadell, 8.2 km away in a straight line and 153 m lower.
Of the 49 cities in Barcelona province with an elevation page, Castellar del Vallès is the 3rd highest. The highest is Vic (498 m) and the lowest, Castelldefels (3 m).
Of the 11 municipalities in the Vallès Occidental comarca with a page, Castellar del Vallès is the highest: the highest is Castellar del Vallès (342 m) and the lowest, Montcada i Reixac (33 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Barcelona province is Pic de Costa Cabirolera, at 2,604 m (8,543 ft). It lies 81 km away in a straight line, 2,262 m above Castellar del Vallès.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Castellar del Vallès.
What is the elevation of Castellar del Vallès, Spain?
Castellar del Vallès sits at 342 meters (1,122 feet) above sea level. That’s the ground height in the IGN’s MDT05 terrain model at the town’s reference point in the national gazetteer, because the published figure for this town didn’t match the terrain.
What are the coordinates of Castellar del Vallès?
Latitude 41.61853 and longitude 2.08782 in decimal degrees (41° 37′ 7″ N · 2° 5′ 16″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 424,006 E and 4,607,825 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Castellar del Vallès rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 68th 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, Castellar del Vallès or Barcelona?
Castellar del Vallès. Castellar del Vallès sits at 342 m and Barcelona at 13 m: a difference of 329 m, 27 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is Castellar del Vallès in?
Vallès Occidental, in Barcelona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 23 municipalities and 972,118 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 · MDT05 at the gazetteer point (NGMEP) The town’s reference point and its ground height in the terrain model, because the official figure for this town didn’t match the terrain. 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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