Elevation of Navalcarnero, Spain
662m
above sea level · 2,172 ft
Navalcarnero is a city of 33,331 people in the Community of Madrid, the 28th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 27th highest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.29° N · 4.02° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 17′ 27″ N · 4° 0′ 55″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 413,716 E · 4,460,531 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Navalcarnero
- INE code 28096
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 33,331 people
- 100 km² municipality · 333 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 661.7 m (2,171 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 662 m.
Population
Navalcarnero had 33,331 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 25% more than in 2015, when it had 26,672. The municipality covers 100 km², a density of 333 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 28th most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 0.5% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Navalcarnero sits 662 m (2,172 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 Navalcarnero is 449 m above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 31 km away in a straight line and 17 m lower than Navalcarnero.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Móstoles, 13 km away in a straight line and 4 m lower.
Of the 37 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Navalcarnero is the 17th 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 62 km away in a straight line, 1,766 m above Navalcarnero.
- 27 Navalcarnero 662 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Navalcarnero.
What is the elevation of Navalcarnero, Spain?
Navalcarnero sits at 662 meters (2,172 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 Navalcarnero?
Latitude 40.29082 and longitude -4.01514 in decimal degrees (40° 17′ 27″ N · 4° 0′ 55″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 413,716 E and 4,460,531 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Navalcarnero rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 27th 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, Navalcarnero or Madrid?
Navalcarnero. Navalcarnero sits at 662 m and Madrid at 645 m: a difference of 17 m, 31 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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