Elevation of Redondela, Spain
3m
above sea level · 10 ft
Redondela is a city of 28,874 people in Pontevedra province, Galicia, the 4th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 3rd lowest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.28° N · 8.61° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 17′ 2″ N · 8° 36′ 32″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29T · 532,245 E · 4,681,359 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Redondela
- INE code 36045
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 28,874 people
- 52.1 km² municipality · 554 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 3 m (10 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 3 m.
Population
Redondela had 28,874 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 2.8% fewer than in 2015, when it had 29,697. The municipality covers 52.1 km², a density of 554 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 4th most populous of the 61 municipalities in Pontevedra province, after Vigo (294,489), home to 3.1% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Redondela sits 3 m (10 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 Redondela is 210 m below it.
The provincial capital, Pontevedra, is 17 km away in a straight line and 14 m higher than Redondela. Madrid is 460 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Vigo, 11 km away in a straight line and 57 m higher.
Of the 10 cities in Pontevedra province with an elevation page, Redondela is the lowest. 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 69 km away in a straight line, 1,177 m above Redondela.
- 277 Redondela 3 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Redondela.
What is the elevation of Redondela, Spain?
Redondela sits at 3 meters (10 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 Redondela?
Latitude 42.28378 and longitude -8.60891 in decimal degrees (42° 17′ 2″ N · 8° 36′ 32″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 532,245 E and 4,681,359 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Redondela rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 3rd 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, Redondela or Pontevedra?
Pontevedra. Redondela sits at 3 m and Pontevedra at 17 m: a difference of 14 m, 17 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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