Elevation of Olot, Spain
440m
above sea level · 1,444 ft
Olot is a city of 39,519 people in Girona province, Catalonia, the 5th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 60th highest. It’s in the Garrotxa comarca.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.18° N · 2.48° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 11′ 0″ N · 2° 29′ 5″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 457,439 E · 4,670,247 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Olot
- INE code 17114
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 39,519 people
- 29.1 km² municipality · 1,360 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 440.4 m (1,445 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 440 m.
Population
Olot had 39,519 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 16% more than in 2015, when it had 33,944. The municipality covers 29.1 km², a density of 1,360 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 5th most populous of the 221 municipalities in Girona province, after Girona (108,666), home to 4.7% of its people.
It belongs to the Garrotxa comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 21 municipalities, 63,411 people and 734 km². Olot is the most populous municipality in the comarca and is home to 62% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Olot sits 440 m (1,444 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 Olot is 227 m above it.
The provincial capital, Girona, is 36 km away in a straight line and 372 m lower than Olot. Madrid is 552 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Vic (Barcelona), 34 km away in a straight line and 58 m higher.
Of the 10 cities in Girona province with an elevation page, Olot is the highest. The highest is Olot (440 m) and the lowest, Roses (2 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Girona province is Puigpedrós, at 2,914 m (9,560 ft). It lies 68 km away in a straight line, 2,474 m above Olot.
- 60 Olot 440 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Olot.
What is the elevation of Olot, Spain?
Olot sits at 440 meters (1,444 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 Olot?
Latitude 42.18321 and longitude 2.48460 in decimal degrees (42° 11′ 0″ N · 2° 29′ 5″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 457,439 E and 4,670,247 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Olot rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 60th highest 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, Olot or Girona?
Olot. Olot sits at 440 m and Girona at 68 m: a difference of 372 m, 36 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is Olot in?
Garrotxa, in Girona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 21 municipalities and 63,411 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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