Elevation of Fuenlabrada, Spain
674m
above sea level · 2,211 ft
Fuenlabrada is a city of 190,076 people in the Community of Madrid, the 6th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 24th highest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.28° N · 3.80° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 17′ 3″ N · 3° 47′ 59″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 432,012 E · 4,459,590 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Fuenlabrada
- INE code 28058
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 190,076 people
- 39.4 km² municipality · 4,823 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 673.4 m (2,209 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 674 m.
Population
Fuenlabrada had 190,076 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 2.6% fewer than in 2015, when it had 195,180. The municipality covers 39.4 km², a density of 4,823 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 6th most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 2.7% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Fuenlabrada sits 674 m (2,211 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 Fuenlabrada is 394 m above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 18 km away in a straight line and 29 m lower than Fuenlabrada.
Of the 37 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Fuenlabrada is the 16th 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 64 km away in a straight line, 1,754 m above Fuenlabrada.
- 24 Fuenlabrada 674 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Fuenlabrada.
What is the elevation of Fuenlabrada, Spain?
Fuenlabrada sits at 674 meters (2,211 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 Fuenlabrada?
Latitude 40.28403 and longitude -3.79980 in decimal degrees (40° 17′ 3″ N · 3° 47′ 59″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 432,012 E and 4,459,590 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Fuenlabrada rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 24th 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, Fuenlabrada or Madrid?
Fuenlabrada. Fuenlabrada sits at 674 m and Madrid at 645 m: a difference of 29 m, 18 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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