Elevation of Castelldefels, Spain
10ft
above sea level · 3 m
Castelldefels is a city of 70,057 people in Barcelona province, Catalonia, the 14th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 2nd lowest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.28° N · 1.98° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 16′ 46″ N · 1° 58′ 32″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 414,196 E · 4,570,284 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Castelldefels
- INE code 08056
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 70,057 people
- 4.95 sq mi municipality · 14,164 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 10 ft (3 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 10 ft.
Population
Castelldefels had 70,057 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 9.7% more than in 2015, when it had 63,891. The municipality covers 4.95 sq mi, a density of 14,164 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 14th most populous of the 311 municipalities in Barcelona province, after Barcelona (1,731,649), home to 1.2% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Castelldefels sits 10 ft (3 m) above sea level. Of the 153 Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 people, the highest is Ávila, at 3,691 ft, and the lowest is Melilla, at 7 ft. The average is 919 ft, so Castelldefels is 909 ft below it.
The provincial capital, Barcelona, is 13 mi away in a straight line and 33 ft higher than Castelldefels.
Of the 20 cities in Barcelona province with an elevation page, Castelldefels is the lowest. The highest is Vic (1,634 ft) and the lowest, Castelldefels (10 ft).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Barcelona province is Pic de Costa Cabirolera, at 8,543 ft (2,604 m). It lies 71 mi away in a straight line, 8,533 ft above Castelldefels.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Castelldefels.
What is the elevation of Castelldefels, Spain?
Castelldefels sits at 10 feet (3 meters) 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 Castelldefels?
Latitude 41.27943 and longitude 1.97542 in decimal degrees (41° 16′ 46″ N · 1° 58′ 32″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 414,196 E and 4,570,284 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Castelldefels rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 2nd lowest of the 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people. The highest is Ávila (3,691 ft) and the lowest, Melilla (7 ft).
Which is higher, Castelldefels or Barcelona?
Barcelona. Castelldefels sits at 10 ft and Barcelona at 43 ft: a difference of 33 ft, 13 mi 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).
Reviewed October 31, 2026 · Methodology and sources · Spotted a mistake? Let us know