Elevation of Mieres, Spain
209m
above sea level · 686 ft
Mieres is a city of 36,373 people in Asturias, the 6th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 99th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.25° N · 5.77° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 14′ 56″ N · 5° 46′ 22″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 274,914 E · 4,792,177 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Mieres
- INE code 33037
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 36,373 people
- 146 km² municipality · 249 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 209.3 m (687 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 209 m.
Population
Mieres had 36,373 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 9.8% fewer than in 2015, when it had 40,338. The municipality covers 146 km², a density of 249 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 6th most populous of the 78 municipalities in Asturias, after Gijón (269,894), home to 3.6% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Mieres sits 209 m (686 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 Mieres is 4 m below it.
The regional capital, Oviedo, is 14 km away in a straight line and 26 m higher than Mieres. Madrid is 359 km away.
Of the 7 cities in Asturias with an elevation page, Mieres is the 4th highest. 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 75 km away in a straight line, 2,440 m above Mieres.
- 99 Mieres 209 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Mieres.
What is the elevation of Mieres, Spain?
Mieres sits at 209 meters (686 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 Mieres?
Latitude 43.24879 and longitude -5.77266 in decimal degrees (43° 14′ 56″ N · 5° 46′ 22″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 274,914 E and 4,792,177 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Mieres rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 99th highest 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, Mieres or Oviedo?
Oviedo. Mieres sits at 209 m and Oviedo at 235 m: a difference of 26 m, 14 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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