Elevation of Castro-Urdiales, Spain
5m
above sea level · 16 ft
Castro-Urdiales is a city of 33,450 people in Cantabria, the 3rd largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 14th lowest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.38° N · 3.22° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 23′ 1″ N · 3° 13′ 4″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 482,369 E · 4,803,454 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Castro-Urdiales
- INE code 39020
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 33,450 people
- 96.1 km² municipality · 348 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 5 m (16 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 5 m.
Population
Castro-Urdiales had 33,450 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 5.1% more than in 2015, when it had 31,833. The municipality covers 96.1 km², a density of 348 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 3rd most populous of the 102 municipalities in Cantabria, after Santander (175,425), home to 5.6% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Castro-Urdiales sits 5 m (16 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 Castro-Urdiales is 208 m below it.
The regional capital, Santander, is 49 km away in a straight line and at the same elevation than Castro-Urdiales. Madrid is 332 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Getxo (Bizkaia), 18 km away in a straight line and 47 m higher.
Of the 5 cities in Cantabria with an elevation page, Castro-Urdiales is the lowest. The others are Camargo (44 m), Piélagos (36 m), Torrelavega (19 m), and Santander (5 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Cantabria is Torre Blanca, at 2,617 m (8,586 ft). It lies 134 km away in a straight line, 2,612 m above Castro-Urdiales.
- 260 Castro-Urdiales 5 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Castro-Urdiales.
What is the elevation of Castro-Urdiales, Spain?
Castro-Urdiales sits at 5 meters (16 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 Castro-Urdiales?
Latitude 43.38375 and longitude -3.21767 in decimal degrees (43° 23′ 1″ N · 3° 13′ 4″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 482,369 E and 4,803,454 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Castro-Urdiales rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 14th lowest 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, Castro-Urdiales or Santander?
They’re at the same elevation: 5 m.
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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