Elevation of Granollers, Spain
145m
above sea level · 476 ft
Granollers is a city of 65,341 people in Barcelona province, Catalonia, the 17th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 71st highest. It’s in the Vallès Oriental comarca.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.61° N · 2.29° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 36′ 29″ N · 2° 17′ 14″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 440,610 E · 4,606,512 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Granollers
- INE code 08096
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 65,341 people
- 14.9 km² municipality · 4,379 people/km²
Population
Granollers had 65,341 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 8.7% more than in 2015, when it had 60,101. The municipality covers 14.9 km², a density of 4,379 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 17th most populous of the 311 municipalities in Barcelona province, after Barcelona (1,731,649), home to 1.1% of its people.
It belongs to the Vallès Oriental comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 38 municipalities, 429,598 people and 728 km². Granollers is the most populous municipality in the comarca and is home to 15% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Granollers sits 145 m (476 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 Granollers is 135 m below it.
The provincial capital, Barcelona, is 27 km away in a straight line and 132 m lower than Granollers. Madrid is 519 km away.
Of the 49 cities in Barcelona province with an elevation page, Granollers is the 12th highest. The highest is Vic (498 m) and the lowest, Castelldefels (3 m).
2 other municipalities in the Vallès Oriental comarca have a page: Les Franqueses del Vallès (191 m) and Mollet del Vallès (60 m). Granollers is the 2nd highest of the 3.
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 91 km away in a straight line, 2,459 m above Granollers.
- 71 Granollers 145 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Granollers.
What is the elevation of Granollers, Spain?
Granollers sits at 145 meters (476 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 Granollers?
Latitude 41.60811 and longitude 2.28724 in decimal degrees (41° 36′ 29″ N · 2° 17′ 14″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 440,610 E and 4,606,512 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Granollers rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 71st highest 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, Granollers or Barcelona?
Granollers. Granollers sits at 145 m and Barcelona at 13 m: a difference of 132 m, 27 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is Granollers in?
Vallès Oriental, in Barcelona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 38 municipalities and 429,598 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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