Elevation of Erandio, Spain
3m
above sea level · 10 ft
Erandio is a city of 24,659 people in Bizkaia province, Basque Country, the 11th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 3rd lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.30° N · 2.98° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 18′ 10″ N · 2° 58′ 32″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 501,990 E · 4,794,451 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Erandio
- INE code 48902
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 24,659 people
- 18.2 km² municipality · 1,357 people/km²
Population
Erandio had 24,659 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 1.8% more than in 2015, when it had 24,234. The municipality covers 18.2 km², a density of 1,357 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 11th most populous of the 113 municipalities in Bizkaia province, after Bilbao (351,124), home to 2.1% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Erandio sits 3 m (10 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 Erandio is 210 m below it.
The provincial capital, Bilbao, is 6.0 km away in a straight line and 4 m higher than Erandio. Madrid is 326 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Barakaldo, 1.0 km away in a straight line and 21 m higher.
Of the 11 cities in Bizkaia province with an elevation page, Erandio is the lowest. 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 34 km away in a straight line, 1,478 m above Erandio.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Erandio.
What is the elevation of Erandio, Spain?
Erandio sits at 3 meters (10 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 Erandio?
Latitude 43.30289 and longitude -2.97546 in decimal degrees (43° 18′ 10″ N · 2° 58′ 32″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 501,990 E and 4,794,451 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Erandio rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 3rd 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, Erandio or Bilbao?
Bilbao. Erandio sits at 3 m and Bilbao at 7 m: a difference of 4 m, 6.0 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 · 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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