Elevation of El Masnou, Spain
5m
above sea level · 16 ft
El Masnou is a city of 24,761 people in Barcelona province, Catalonia, the 42nd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 14th lowest. It’s in the Maresme comarca.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.48° N · 2.32° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 28′ 45″ N · 2° 19′ 9″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 443,159 E · 4,592,181 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- El Masnou
- INE code 08118
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 24,761 people
- 3.37 km² municipality · 7,347 people/km²
Population
El Masnou had 24,761 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 8.0% more than in 2015, when it had 22,923. The municipality covers 3.37 km², a density of 7,347 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 42nd most populous of the 311 municipalities in Barcelona province, after Barcelona (1,731,649), home to 0.4% of its people.
It belongs to the Maresme comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 30 municipalities, 478,206 people and 398 km². El Masnou is the 4th most populous (the largest is Mataró, with 131,683) and is home to 5.2% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
El Masnou sits 5 m (16 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 El Masnou is 208 m below it.
The provincial capital, Barcelona, is 16 km away in a straight line and 8 m higher than El Masnou. Madrid is 518 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Badalona, 6.8 km away in a straight line and 2 m higher.
Of the 49 cities in Barcelona province with an elevation page, El Masnou is the 2nd lowest. The highest is Vic (498 m) and the lowest, Castelldefels (3 m).
Of the 6 municipalities in the Maresme comarca with a page, El Masnou is the lowest: the highest is Mataró (23 m) and the lowest, Vilassar de Mar (5 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Barcelona province is Pic de Costa Cabirolera, at 2,604 m (8,543 ft). It lies 104 km away in a straight line, 2,599 m above El Masnou.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of El Masnou.
What is the elevation of El Masnou, Spain?
El Masnou sits at 5 meters (16 feet) 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 El Masnou?
Latitude 41.47922 and longitude 2.31919 in decimal degrees (41° 28′ 45″ N · 2° 19′ 9″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 443,159 E and 4,592,181 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does El Masnou rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 14th 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, El Masnou or Barcelona?
Barcelona. El Masnou sits at 5 m and Barcelona at 13 m: a difference of 8 m, 16 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is El Masnou in?
Maresme, in Barcelona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 30 municipalities and 478,206 people.
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).
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