Elevation of Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain
8m
above sea level · 26 ft
Sant Adrià de Besòs is a city of 39,323 people in Barcelona province, Catalonia, the 27th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 34th lowest. It’s in the Barcelonès comarca.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.43° N · 2.22° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 25′ 48″ N · 2° 13′ 4″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 434,637 E · 4,586,783 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Sant Adrià de Besòs
- INE code 08194
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 39,323 people
- 3.90 km² municipality · 10,083 people/km²
Population
Sant Adrià de Besòs had 39,323 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 9.8% more than in 2015, when it had 35,814. The municipality covers 3.90 km², a density of 10,083 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 27th most populous of the 311 municipalities in Barcelona province, after Barcelona (1,731,649), home to 0.7% of its people.
It belongs to the Barcelonès comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 5 municipalities, 2,416,005 people and 146 km². Sant Adrià de Besòs is the 5th most populous (the largest is Barcelona, with 1,731,649) and is home to 1.6% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Sant Adrià de Besòs sits 8 m (26 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 Sant Adrià de Besòs is 205 m below it.
The provincial capital, Barcelona, is 6.3 km away in a straight line and 5 m higher than Sant Adrià de Besòs. Madrid is 509 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Santa Coloma de Gramenet, 2.6 km away in a straight line and 27 m higher.
Of the 49 cities in Barcelona province with an elevation page, Sant Adrià de Besòs is the 8th lowest. The highest is Vic (498 m) and the lowest, Castelldefels (3 m).
4 other municipalities in the Barcelonès comarca have a page: Santa Coloma de Gramenet (35 m), Barcelona (13 m), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (9 m), and Badalona (7 m). Sant Adrià de Besòs is the 2nd lowest of the 5.
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 105 km away in a straight line, 2,596 m above Sant Adrià de Besòs.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Sant Adrià de Besòs.
What is the elevation of Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain?
Sant Adrià de Besòs sits at 8 meters (26 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 Sant Adrià de Besòs?
Latitude 41.42995 and longitude 2.21770 in decimal degrees (41° 25′ 48″ N · 2° 13′ 4″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 434,637 E and 4,586,783 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Sant Adrià de Besòs rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 34th 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, Sant Adrià de Besòs or Barcelona?
Barcelona. Sant Adrià de Besòs sits at 8 m and Barcelona at 13 m: a difference of 5 m, 6.3 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is Sant Adrià de Besòs in?
Barcelonès, in Barcelona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 5 municipalities and 2,416,005 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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