Elevation of Sestao, Spain
63m
above sea level · 207 ft
Sestao is a city of 28,512 people in Bizkaia province, Basque Country, the 9th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 126th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.31° N · 3.01° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 18′ 35″ N · 3° 0′ 27″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 499,382 E · 4,795,209 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Sestao
- INE code 48084
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 28,512 people
- 3.58 km² municipality · 7,964 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 62.5 m (205 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 63 m.
Population
Sestao had 28,512 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 1.6% more than in 2015, when it had 28,052. The municipality covers 3.58 km², a density of 7,964 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 9th most populous of the 113 municipalities in Bizkaia province, after Bilbao (351,124), home to 2.4% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Sestao sits 63 m (207 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 Sestao is 150 m below it.
The provincial capital, Bilbao, is 8.5 km away in a straight line and 56 m lower than Sestao. Madrid is 326 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Barakaldo, 2.2 km away in a straight line and 39 m lower.
Of the 11 cities in Bizkaia province with an elevation page, Sestao is the 3rd 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 36 km away in a straight line, 1,418 m above Sestao.
- 154 Sestao 63 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Sestao.
What is the elevation of Sestao, Spain?
Sestao sits at 63 meters (207 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 Sestao?
Latitude 43.30971 and longitude -3.00763 in decimal degrees (43° 18′ 35″ N · 3° 0′ 27″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 499,382 E and 4,795,209 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Sestao rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 126th 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, Sestao or Bilbao?
Sestao. Sestao sits at 63 m and Bilbao at 7 m: a difference of 56 m, 8.5 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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