Elevation of Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
85ft
above sea level · 26 m
Cornellà de Llobregat is a city of 92,237 people in Barcelona province, Catalonia, the 9th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 49th lowest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.36° N · 2.07° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 21′ 19″ N · 2° 4′ 12″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 422,216 E · 4,578,601 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Cornellà de Llobregat
- INE code 08073
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 92,237 people
- 2.66 sq mi municipality · 34,672 people/sq mi
Population
Cornellà de Llobregat had 92,237 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 6.8% more than in 2015, when it had 86,376. The municipality covers 2.66 sq mi, a density of 34,672 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 9th most populous of the 311 municipalities in Barcelona province, after Barcelona (1,731,649), home to 1.5% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Cornellà de Llobregat sits 85 ft (26 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 Cornellà de Llobregat is 833 ft below it.
The provincial capital, Barcelona, is 5.9 mi away in a straight line and 43 ft lower than Cornellà de Llobregat.
Of the 20 cities in Barcelona province with an elevation page, Cornellà de Llobregat is the 10th 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 67 mi away in a straight line, 8,458 ft above Cornellà de Llobregat.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Cornellà de Llobregat.
What is the elevation of Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain?
Cornellà de Llobregat sits at 85 feet (26 meters) 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 Cornellà de Llobregat?
Latitude 41.35516 and longitude 2.07011 in decimal degrees (41° 21′ 19″ N · 2° 4′ 12″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 422,216 E and 4,578,601 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Cornellà de Llobregat rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 49th 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, Cornellà de Llobregat or Barcelona?
Cornellà de Llobregat. Cornellà de Llobregat sits at 85 ft and Barcelona at 43 ft: a difference of 43 ft, 5.9 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 · 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).
Reviewed October 31, 2026 · Methodology and sources · Spotted a mistake? Let us know