Elevation of Sant Pere de Ribes, Spain
45m
above sea level · 148 ft
Sant Pere de Ribes is a city of 32,705 people in Barcelona province, Catalonia, the 31st largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 110th lowest. It’s in the Garraf comarca.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.26° N · 1.77° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 15′ 45″ N · 1° 46′ 19″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 397,140 E · 4,568,619 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Sant Pere de Ribes
- INE code 08231
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 32,705 people
- 40.9 km² municipality · 800 people/km²
Population
Sant Pere de Ribes had 32,705 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 10% more than in 2015, when it had 29,666. The municipality covers 40.9 km², a density of 800 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 31st most populous of the 311 municipalities in Barcelona province, after Barcelona (1,731,649), home to 0.5% of its people.
It belongs to the Garraf comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 6 municipalities, 164,568 people and 185 km². Sant Pere de Ribes is the 2nd most populous (the largest is Vilanova i la Geltrú, with 71,641) and is home to 20% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Sant Pere de Ribes sits 45 m (148 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 Pere de Ribes is 168 m below it.
The provincial capital, Barcelona, is 36 km away in a straight line and 32 m lower than Sant Pere de Ribes. Madrid is 469 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Vilanova i la Geltrú, 5.7 km away in a straight line and 28 m lower.
Of the 49 cities in Barcelona province with an elevation page, Sant Pere de Ribes is the 24th highest. The highest is Vic (498 m) and the lowest, Castelldefels (3 m).
2 other municipalities in the Garraf comarca have a page: Vilanova i la Geltrú (17 m) and Sitges (14 m). Sant Pere de Ribes is the highest of the 3.
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 114 km away in a straight line, 2,559 m above Sant Pere de Ribes.
- 170 Sant Pere de Ribes 45 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Sant Pere de Ribes.
What is the elevation of Sant Pere de Ribes, Spain?
Sant Pere de Ribes sits at 45 meters (148 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 Pere de Ribes?
Latitude 41.26245 and longitude 1.77208 in decimal degrees (41° 15′ 45″ N · 1° 46′ 19″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 397,140 E and 4,568,619 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Sant Pere de Ribes rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 110th 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 Pere de Ribes or Barcelona?
Sant Pere de Ribes. Sant Pere de Ribes sits at 45 m and Barcelona at 13 m: a difference of 32 m, 36 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is Sant Pere de Ribes in?
Garraf, in Barcelona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 6 municipalities and 164,568 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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