Elevation of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain
35m
above sea level · 115 ft
Santa Coloma de Gramenet is a city of 123,981 people in Barcelona province, Catalonia, the 7th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 53rd lowest. It’s in the Barcelonès comarca.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.45° N · 2.21° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 27′ 8″ N · 2° 12′ 28″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 433,839 E · 4,589,264 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Santa Coloma de Gramenet
- INE code 08245
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 123,981 people
- 7.09 km² municipality · 17,487 people/km²
Population
Santa Coloma de Gramenet had 123,981 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 6.0% more than in 2015, when it had 116,950. The municipality covers 7.09 km², a density of 17,487 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 7th most populous of the 311 municipalities in Barcelona province, after Barcelona (1,731,649), home to 2.1% of its people.
It belongs to the Barcelonès comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 5 municipalities, 2,416,005 people and 146 km². Santa Coloma de Gramenet is the 4th most populous (the largest is Barcelona, with 1,731,649) and is home to 5.1% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Santa Coloma de Gramenet sits 35 m (115 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 Santa Coloma de Gramenet is 245 m below it.
The provincial capital, Barcelona, is 8.2 km away in a straight line and 22 m lower than Santa Coloma de Gramenet. Madrid is 509 km away.
Of the 49 cities in Barcelona province with an elevation page, Santa Coloma de Gramenet is the 24th lowest. The highest is Vic (498 m) and the lowest, Castelldefels (3 m).
4 other municipalities in the Barcelonès comarca have a page: Barcelona (13 m), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (9 m), Sant Adrià de Besòs (8 m), and Badalona (7 m). Santa Coloma de Gramenet is the highest of the 5.
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 102 km away in a straight line, 2,569 m above Santa Coloma de Gramenet.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Santa Coloma de Gramenet.
What is the elevation of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain?
Santa Coloma de Gramenet sits at 35 meters (115 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 Santa Coloma de Gramenet?
Latitude 41.45223 and longitude 2.20788 in decimal degrees (41° 27′ 8″ N · 2° 12′ 28″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 433,839 E and 4,589,264 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Santa Coloma de Gramenet rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 53rd 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, Santa Coloma de Gramenet or Barcelona?
Santa Coloma de Gramenet. Santa Coloma de Gramenet sits at 35 m and Barcelona at 13 m: a difference of 22 m, 8.2 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is Santa Coloma de Gramenet in?
Barcelonès, in Barcelona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 5 municipalities and 2,416,005 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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