Elevation of Ames, Spain
32m
above sea level · 105 ft
Ames is a city of 33,276 people in A Coruña province, Galicia, the 7th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 91st lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.86° N · 8.65° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 51′ 34″ N · 8° 39′ 1″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29T · 528,566 E · 4,745,267 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Ames
- INE code 15002
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 33,276 people
- 80.1 km² municipality · 415 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 32.4 m (106 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 32 m.
Population
Ames had 33,276 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 9.9% more than in 2015, when it had 30,267. The municipality covers 80.1 km², a density of 415 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 7th most populous of the 93 municipalities in A Coruña province, after A Coruña (251,543), home to 2.9% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Ames sits 32 m (105 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 Ames is 181 m below it.
The provincial capital, A Coruña, is 61 km away in a straight line and 26 m lower than Ames. Madrid is 493 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Santiago de Compostela, 8.8 km away in a straight line and 212 m higher.
Of the 11 cities in A Coruña province with an elevation page, Ames is the 6th highest. The highest is Santiago de Compostela (244 m) and the lowest, A Coruña (6 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in A Coruña province is O Coto da Andoriña, at 802 m (2,631 ft). It lies 53 km away in a straight line, 770 m above Ames.
- 187 Ames 32 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Ames.
What is the elevation of Ames, Spain?
Ames sits at 32 meters (105 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 Ames?
Latitude 42.85946 and longitude -8.65033 in decimal degrees (42° 51′ 34″ N · 8° 39′ 1″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 528,566 E and 4,745,267 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Ames rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 91st 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, Ames or A Coruña?
Ames. Ames sits at 32 m and A Coruña at 6 m: a difference of 26 m, 61 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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