Elevation of Culleredo, Spain
77m
above sea level · 253 ft
Culleredo is a city of 31,254 people in A Coruña province, Galicia, the 9th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 134th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.29° N · 8.39° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 17′ 18″ N · 8° 23′ 21″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29T · 549,548 E · 4,793,025 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Culleredo
- INE code 15031
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 31,254 people
- 61.4 km² municipality · 509 people/km²
Population
Culleredo had 31,254 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 5.6% more than in 2015, when it had 29,593. The municipality covers 61.4 km², a density of 509 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 9th most populous of the 93 municipalities in A Coruña province, after A Coruña (251,543), home to 2.8% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Culleredo sits 77 m (253 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 Culleredo is 136 m below it.
The provincial capital, A Coruña, is 9.3 km away in a straight line and 71 m lower than Culleredo. Madrid is 503 km away.
Of the 11 cities in A Coruña province with an elevation page, Culleredo is the 4th 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 46 km away in a straight line, 725 m above Culleredo.
- 146 Culleredo 77 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Culleredo.
What is the elevation of Culleredo, Spain?
Culleredo sits at 77 meters (253 feet) above sea level. That’s the ground height in the IGN’s MDT05 terrain model at the town’s reference point in the national gazetteer, because the published figure for this town didn’t match the terrain.
What are the coordinates of Culleredo?
Latitude 43.28842 and longitude -8.38925 in decimal degrees (43° 17′ 18″ N · 8° 23′ 21″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 549,548 E and 4,793,025 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Culleredo rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 134th 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, Culleredo or A Coruña?
Culleredo. Culleredo sits at 77 m and A Coruña at 6 m: a difference of 71 m, 9.3 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 · MDT05 at the gazetteer point (NGMEP) The town’s reference point and its ground height in the terrain model, because the official figure for this town didn’t match the terrain. 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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