Elevation of Basauri, Spain
89m
above sea level · 292 ft
Basauri is a city of 40,274 people in Bizkaia province, Basque Country, the 6th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 140th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.24° N · 2.89° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 14′ 7″ N · 2° 53′ 30″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 508,792 E · 4,786,956 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Basauri
- INE code 48015
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 40,274 people
- 7.01 km² municipality · 5,745 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 88.3 m (290 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 89 m.
Population
Basauri had 40,274 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 2.5% fewer than in 2015, when it had 41,304. The municipality covers 7.01 km², a density of 5,745 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 6th most populous of the 113 municipalities in Bizkaia province, after Bilbao (351,124), home to 3.5% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Basauri sits 89 m (292 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 Basauri is 124 m below it.
The provincial capital, Bilbao, is 4.1 km away in a straight line and 82 m lower than Basauri. Madrid is 320 km away.
Of the 11 cities in Bizkaia province with an elevation page, Basauri is the 2nd highest. The highest is Durango (118 m) and the lowest, Erandio (3 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Bizkaia province is Gorbeia, at 1,481 m (4,859 ft). It lies 24 km away in a straight line, 1,392 m above Basauri.
- 140 Basauri 89 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Basauri.
What is the elevation of Basauri, Spain?
Basauri sits at 89 meters (292 feet) 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 Basauri?
Latitude 43.23535 and longitude -2.89171 in decimal degrees (43° 14′ 7″ N · 2° 53′ 30″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 508,792 E and 4,786,956 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Basauri rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 140th highest 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, Basauri or Bilbao?
Basauri. Basauri sits at 89 m and Bilbao at 7 m: a difference of 82 m, 4.1 km 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).
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