Elevation of Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain
17m
above sea level · 56 ft
Vilanova i la Geltrú is a city of 71,641 people in Barcelona province, Catalonia, the 13th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 34th lowest. It’s in the Garraf comarca.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.22° N · 1.73° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 13′ 27″ N · 1° 43′ 34″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 393,221 E · 4,564,409 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Vilanova i la Geltrú
- INE code 08307
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 71,641 people
- 33.9 km² municipality · 2,115 people/km²
Population
Vilanova i la Geltrú had 71,641 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 9.1% more than in 2015, when it had 65,684. The municipality covers 33.9 km², a density of 2,115 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 13th 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 Garraf comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 6 municipalities, 164,568 people and 185 km². Vilanova i la Geltrú is the most populous municipality in the comarca and is home to 44% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Vilanova i la Geltrú sits 17 m (56 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 Vilanova i la Geltrú is 263 m below it.
The provincial capital, Barcelona, is 42 km away in a straight line and 4 m lower than Vilanova i la Geltrú. Madrid is 465 km away.
Of the 49 cities in Barcelona province with an elevation page, Vilanova i la Geltrú is the 17th lowest. The highest is Vic (498 m) and the lowest, Castelldefels (3 m).
2 other municipalities in the Garraf comarca have a page: Sant Pere de Ribes (45 m) and Sitges (14 m). Vilanova i la Geltrú 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 118 km away in a straight line, 2,587 m above Vilanova i la Geltrú.
- 120 Vilanova i la Geltrú 17 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Vilanova i la Geltrú.
What is the elevation of Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain?
Vilanova i la Geltrú sits at 17 meters (56 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 Vilanova i la Geltrú?
Latitude 41.22403 and longitude 1.72605 in decimal degrees (41° 13′ 27″ N · 1° 43′ 34″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 393,221 E and 4,564,409 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Vilanova i la Geltrú rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 34th 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, Vilanova i la Geltrú or Barcelona?
Vilanova i la Geltrú. Vilanova i la Geltrú sits at 17 m and Barcelona at 13 m: a difference of 4 m, 42 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is Vilanova i la Geltrú in?
Garraf, in Barcelona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 6 municipalities and 164,568 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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