Elevation of Blanes, Spain
4m
above sea level · 13 ft
Blanes is a city of 42,699 people in Girona province, Catalonia, the 4th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 8th lowest. It’s in the Selva comarca.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.67° N · 2.79° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 40′ 27″ N · 2° 47′ 31″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 482,686 E · 4,613,615 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Blanes
- INE code 17023
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 42,699 people
- 17.8 km² municipality · 2,402 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 4.1 m (13 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 4 m.
Population
Blanes had 42,699 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 9.1% more than in 2015, when it had 39,132. The municipality covers 17.8 km², a density of 2,402 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 4th most populous of the 221 municipalities in Girona province, after Girona (108,666), home to 5.1% of its people.
It belongs to the Selva comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 26 municipalities, 188,602 people and 995 km². Blanes is the 2nd most populous (the largest is Lloret de Mar, with 43,000) and is home to 23% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Blanes sits 4 m (13 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 Blanes is 209 m below it.
The provincial capital, Girona, is 34 km away in a straight line and 64 m higher than Blanes. Madrid is 561 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Mataró (Barcelona), 32 km away in a straight line and 19 m higher.
Of the 10 cities in Girona province with an elevation page, Blanes is the 2nd lowest. The highest is Olot (440 m) and the lowest, Roses (2 m).
One other municipality in the Selva comarca has a page: Lloret de Mar (4 m). Blanes is the highest of the two.
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Girona province is Puigpedrós, at 2,914 m (9,560 ft). It lies 124 km away in a straight line, 2,910 m above Blanes.
- 268 Blanes 4 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Blanes.
What is the elevation of Blanes, Spain?
Blanes sits at 4 meters (13 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 Blanes?
Latitude 41.67411 and longitude 2.79200 in decimal degrees (41° 40′ 27″ N · 2° 47′ 31″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 482,686 E and 4,613,615 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Blanes rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 8th 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, Blanes or Girona?
Girona. Blanes sits at 4 m and Girona at 68 m: a difference of 64 m, 34 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is Blanes in?
Selva, in Girona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 26 municipalities and 188,602 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 · 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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