Elevation of Castelldefels, Spain
3m
above sea level · 10 ft
Castelldefels is a city of 70,057 people in Barcelona province, Catalonia, the 14th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 2nd lowest. It’s in the Baix Llobregat comarca.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.28° N · 1.98° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 16′ 46″ N · 1° 58′ 32″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 414,196 E · 4,570,284 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Castelldefels
- INE code 08056
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 70,057 people
- 12.8 km² municipality · 5,469 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 3 m (10 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 3 m.
Population
Castelldefels had 70,057 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 9.7% more than in 2015, when it had 63,891. The municipality covers 12.8 km², a density of 5,469 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 14th most populous of the 311 municipalities in Barcelona province, after Barcelona (1,731,649), home to 1.2% of its people.
It belongs to the Baix Llobregat comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 30 municipalities, 857,985 people and 488 km². Castelldefels is the 3rd most populous (the largest is Cornellà de Llobregat, with 92,237) and is home to 8.2% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Castelldefels sits 3 m (10 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 Castelldefels is 277 m below it.
The provincial capital, Barcelona, is 20 km away in a straight line and 10 m higher than Castelldefels. Madrid is 486 km away.
Of the 49 cities in Barcelona province with an elevation page, Castelldefels is the lowest. The highest is Vic (498 m) and the lowest, Castelldefels (3 m).
Of the 16 municipalities in the Baix Llobregat comarca with a page, Castelldefels is the lowest: the highest is Esparreguera (181 m) and the lowest, Castelldefels (3 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 114 km away in a straight line, 2,601 m above Castelldefels.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Castelldefels.
What is the elevation of Castelldefels, Spain?
Castelldefels sits at 3 meters (10 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 Castelldefels?
Latitude 41.27943 and longitude 1.97542 in decimal degrees (41° 16′ 46″ N · 1° 58′ 32″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 414,196 E and 4,570,284 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Castelldefels rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 2nd 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, Castelldefels or Barcelona?
Barcelona. Castelldefels sits at 3 m and Barcelona at 13 m: a difference of 10 m, 20 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is Castelldefels in?
Baix Llobregat, in Barcelona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 30 municipalities and 857,985 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 · 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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