Elevation of Ponteareas, Spain
44m
above sea level · 144 ft
Ponteareas is a city of 23,211 people in Pontevedra province, Galicia, the 7th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 107th lowest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.17° N · 8.50° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 10′ 25″ N · 8° 30′ 12″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29T · 541,032 E · 4,669,175 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Ponteareas
- INE code 36042
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 23,211 people
- 126 km² municipality · 185 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 44 m (144 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 44 m.
Population
Ponteareas had 23,211 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 1.0% more than in 2015, when it had 22,990. The municipality covers 126 km², a density of 185 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 7th most populous of the 61 municipalities in Pontevedra province, after Vigo (294,489), home to 2.5% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Ponteareas sits 44 m (144 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 Ponteareas is 169 m below it.
The provincial capital, Pontevedra, is 31 km away in a straight line and 27 m lower than Ponteareas. Madrid is 447 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Vigo, 20 km away in a straight line and 16 m higher.
Of the 10 cities in Pontevedra province with an elevation page, Ponteareas is the 4th highest. The highest is Lalín (534 m) and the lowest, Redondela (3 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Pontevedra province is O Faro, at 1,180 m (3,871 ft). It lies 70 km away in a straight line, 1,136 m above Ponteareas.
- 172 Ponteareas 44 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Ponteareas.
What is the elevation of Ponteareas, Spain?
Ponteareas sits at 44 meters (144 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 Ponteareas?
Latitude 42.17364 and longitude -8.50320 in decimal degrees (42° 10′ 25″ N · 8° 30′ 12″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 541,032 E and 4,669,175 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Ponteareas rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 107th lowest 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, Ponteareas or Pontevedra?
Ponteareas. Ponteareas sits at 44 m and Pontevedra at 17 m: a difference of 27 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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