Elevation of Castrillón, Spain
27m
above sea level · 89 ft
Castrillón is a city of 21,998 people in Asturias, the 7th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 83rd lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.56° N · 5.98° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 33′ 34″ N · 5° 58′ 40″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 259,502 E · 4,827,264 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Castrillón
- INE code 33016
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 21,998 people
- 55.5 km² municipality · 397 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 27 m (89 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 27 m.
Population
Castrillón had 21,998 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 3.2% fewer than in 2015, when it had 22,735. The municipality covers 55.5 km², a density of 397 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 7th most populous of the 78 municipalities in Asturias, after Gijón (269,894), home to 2.2% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Castrillón sits 27 m (89 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 Castrillón is 186 m below it.
The regional capital, Oviedo, is 25 km away in a straight line and 208 m higher than Castrillón. Madrid is 397 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Avilés, 4.5 km away in a straight line and 17 m lower.
Of the 7 cities in Asturias with an elevation page, Castrillón is the 3rd lowest. The highest is Oviedo (235 m) and the lowest, Gijón (7 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Asturias is Torre Cerredo, at 2,649 m (8,691 ft). It lies 99 km away in a straight line, 2,622 m above Castrillón.
- 196 Castrillón 27 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Castrillón.
What is the elevation of Castrillón, Spain?
Castrillón sits at 27 meters (89 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 Castrillón?
Latitude 43.55956 and longitude -5.97769 in decimal degrees (43° 33′ 34″ N · 5° 58′ 40″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 259,502 E and 4,827,264 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Castrillón rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 83rd 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, Castrillón or Oviedo?
Oviedo. Castrillón sits at 27 m and Oviedo at 235 m: a difference of 208 m, 25 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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