Elevation of Ribeira, Spain
8m
above sea level · 26 ft
Ribeira is a city of 27,102 people in A Coruña province, Galicia, the 10th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 34th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.55° N · 8.99° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 33′ 18″ N · 8° 59′ 36″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29T · 500,547 E · 4,711,391 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Ribeira
- INE code 15073
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 27,102 people
- 68.8 km² municipality · 394 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 7.9 m (26 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 8 m.
Population
Ribeira had 27,102 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 1.0% fewer than in 2015, when it had 27,372. The municipality covers 68.8 km², a density of 394 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 10th most populous of the 93 municipalities in A Coruña province, after A Coruña (251,543), home to 2.4% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Ribeira sits 8 m (26 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 Ribeira is 205 m below it.
The provincial capital, A Coruña, is 103 km away in a straight line and 2 m lower than Ribeira. Madrid is 501 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Pontevedra (Pontevedra), 32 km away in a straight line and 9 m higher.
Of the 11 cities in A Coruña province with an elevation page, Ribeira is the 2nd 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 92 km away in a straight line, 794 m above Ribeira.
- 243 Ribeira 8 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Ribeira.
What is the elevation of Ribeira, Spain?
Ribeira sits at 8 meters (26 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 Ribeira?
Latitude 42.55492 and longitude -8.99334 in decimal degrees (42° 33′ 18″ N · 8° 59′ 36″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 500,547 E and 4,711,391 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Ribeira rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 34th 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, Ribeira or A Coruña?
Ribeira. Ribeira sits at 8 m and A Coruña at 6 m: a difference of 2 m, 103 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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