Elevation of Colmenar Viejo, Spain
875m
above sea level · 2,871 ft
Colmenar Viejo is a city of 58,730 people in the Community of Madrid, the 22nd largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 6th highest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.66° N · 3.77° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 39′ 32″ N · 3° 45′ 58″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 435,234 E · 4,501,165 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Colmenar Viejo
- INE code 28045
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 58,730 people
- 183 km² municipality · 322 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 875 m (2,871 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 875 m.
Population
Colmenar Viejo had 58,730 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 23% more than in 2015, when it had 47,601. The municipality covers 183 km², a density of 322 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 22nd most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 0.8% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Colmenar Viejo sits 875 m (2,871 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 Colmenar Viejo is 595 m above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 27 km away in a straight line and 230 m lower than Colmenar Viejo.
Of the 37 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Colmenar Viejo is the 3rd 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 27 km away in a straight line, 1,553 m above Colmenar Viejo.
- 6 Colmenar Viejo 875 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Colmenar Viejo.
What is the elevation of Colmenar Viejo, Spain?
Colmenar Viejo sits at 875 meters (2,871 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 Colmenar Viejo?
Latitude 40.65881 and longitude -3.76615 in decimal degrees (40° 39′ 32″ N · 3° 45′ 58″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 435,234 E and 4,501,165 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Colmenar Viejo rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 6th 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, Colmenar Viejo or Madrid?
Colmenar Viejo. Colmenar Viejo sits at 875 m and Madrid at 645 m: a difference of 230 m, 27 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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