Elevation of Irun, Spain
25m
above sea level · 82 ft
Irun is a city of 63,835 people in Gipuzkoa province, Basque Country, the 2nd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 46th lowest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.34° N · 1.79° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 20′ 16″ N · 1° 47′ 20″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 598,181 E · 4,799,030 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Irun
- INE code 20045
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 63,835 people
- 41.8 km² municipality · 1,528 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 16 m (52 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 25 m.
Population
Irun had 63,835 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 3.8% more than in 2015, when it had 61,481. The municipality covers 41.8 km², a density of 1,528 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 2nd most populous of the 88 municipalities in Gipuzkoa province, after San Sebastián (189,866), home to 8.7% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Irun sits 25 m (82 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 Irun is 255 m below it.
The provincial capital, San Sebastián, is 16 km away in a straight line and 17 m lower than Irun. Madrid is 361 km away.
Of the 8 cities in Gipuzkoa province with an elevation page, Irun is the 4th lowest. The highest is Mondragón (218 m) and the lowest, Zarautz (7 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Gipuzkoa province is Aketegi, at 1,551 m (5,089 ft). It lies 61 km away in a straight line, 1,526 m above Irun.
- 107 Irun 25 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Irun.
What is the elevation of Irun, Spain?
Irun sits at 25 meters (82 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 Irun?
Latitude 43.33771 and longitude -1.78880 in decimal degrees (43° 20′ 16″ N · 1° 47′ 20″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 598,181 E and 4,799,030 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Irun rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 46th 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, Irun or San Sebastián?
Irun. Irun sits at 25 m and San Sebastián at 8 m: a difference of 17 m, 16 km apart in a straight line.
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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