Elevation of Santurtzi, Spain
6m
above sea level · 20 ft
Santurtzi is a city of 46,442 people in Bizkaia province, Basque Country, the 4th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 22nd lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.33° N · 3.03° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 19′ 44″ N · 3° 1′ 59″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 497,325 E · 4,797,329 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Santurtzi
- INE code 48082
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 46,442 people
- 8.87 km² municipality · 5,236 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 6 m (20 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 6 m.
Population
Santurtzi had 46,442 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), about the same as in 2015 (46,284). The municipality covers 8.87 km², a density of 5,236 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 4th most populous of the 113 municipalities in Bizkaia province, after Bilbao (351,124), home to 4.0% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Santurtzi sits 6 m (20 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 Santurtzi is 207 m below it.
The provincial capital, Bilbao, is 11 km away in a straight line and 1 m higher than Santurtzi. Madrid is 328 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Getxo, 2.6 km away in a straight line and 46 m higher.
Of the 11 cities in Bizkaia province with an elevation page, Santurtzi is the 2nd 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 39 km away in a straight line, 1,475 m above Santurtzi.
- 258 Santurtzi 6 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Santurtzi.
What is the elevation of Santurtzi, Spain?
Santurtzi sits at 6 meters (20 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 Santurtzi?
Latitude 43.32880 and longitude -3.03300 in decimal degrees (43° 19′ 44″ N · 3° 1′ 59″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 497,325 E and 4,797,329 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Santurtzi rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 22nd 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, Santurtzi or Bilbao?
Bilbao. Santurtzi sits at 6 m and Bilbao at 7 m: a difference of 1 m, 11 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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