Elevation of Arteixo, Spain
28m
above sea level · 92 ft
Arteixo is a city of 34,403 people in A Coruña province, Galicia, the 6th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 85th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.30° N · 8.51° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 18′ 17″ N · 8° 30′ 18″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29T · 540,141 E · 4,794,776 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Arteixo
- INE code 15005
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 34,403 people
- 96.4 km² municipality · 357 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 28.4 m (93 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 28 m.
Population
Arteixo had 34,403 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 11% more than in 2015, when it had 30,950. The municipality covers 96.4 km², a density of 357 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 6th most populous of the 93 municipalities in A Coruña province, after A Coruña (251,543), home to 3.0% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Arteixo sits 28 m (92 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 Arteixo is 185 m below it.
The provincial capital, A Coruña, is 12 km away in a straight line and 22 m lower than Arteixo. Madrid is 512 km away.
Of the 11 cities in A Coruña province with an elevation page, Arteixo is the 5th lowest. 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 54 km away in a straight line, 774 m above Arteixo.
- 193 Arteixo 28 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Arteixo.
What is the elevation of Arteixo, Spain?
Arteixo sits at 28 meters (92 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 Arteixo?
Latitude 43.30474 and longitude -8.50507 in decimal degrees (43° 18′ 17″ N · 8° 30′ 18″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 540,141 E and 4,794,776 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Arteixo rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 85th 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, Arteixo or A Coruña?
Arteixo. Arteixo sits at 28 m and A Coruña at 6 m: a difference of 22 m, 12 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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