Elevation of Collado Villalba, Spain
916m
above sea level · 3,005 ft
Collado Villalba is a city of 67,274 people in the Community of Madrid, the 18th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 4th highest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.65° N · 3.99° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 38′ 45″ N · 3° 59′ 30″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 416,160 E · 4,499,911 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Collado Villalba
- INE code 28047
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 67,274 people
- 26.5 km² municipality · 2,537 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 916 m (3,005 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 916 m.
Population
Collado Villalba had 67,274 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 8.4% more than in 2015, when it had 62,056. The municipality covers 26.5 km², a density of 2,537 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 18th most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 0.9% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Collado Villalba sits 916 m (3,005 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 Collado Villalba is 636 m above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 36 km away in a straight line and 271 m lower than Collado Villalba.
Of the 37 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Collado Villalba is the highest. The highest is Collado Villalba (916 m) and the lowest, Aranjuez (496 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in the Community of Madrid is Peñalara, at 2,428 m (7,966 ft). It lies 23 km away in a straight line, 1,512 m above Collado Villalba.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Collado Villalba.
What is the elevation of Collado Villalba, Spain?
Collado Villalba sits at 916 meters (3,005 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 Collado Villalba?
Latitude 40.64580 and longitude -3.99159 in decimal degrees (40° 38′ 45″ N · 3° 59′ 30″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 416,160 E and 4,499,911 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Collado Villalba rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 4th highest 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, Collado Villalba or Madrid?
Collado Villalba. Collado Villalba sits at 916 m and Madrid at 645 m: a difference of 271 m, 36 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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