Elevation of Aranda de Duero, Spain
793m
above sea level · 2,602 ft
Aranda de Duero is a city of 33,956 people in Burgos province, Castile and León, the 3rd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 8th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.67° N · 3.69° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 40′ 13″ N · 3° 41′ 23″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 442,587 E · 4,613,389 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Aranda de Duero
- INE code 09018
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 33,956 people
- 127 km² municipality · 267 people/km²
Population
Aranda de Duero had 33,956 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 3.3% more than in 2015, when it had 32,880. The municipality covers 127 km², a density of 267 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 3rd most populous of the 371 municipalities in Burgos province, after Burgos (177,402), home to 9.4% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Aranda de Duero sits 793 m (2,602 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 Aranda de Duero is 580 m above it.
The provincial capital, Burgos, is 75 km away in a straight line and 61 m higher than Aranda de Duero. Madrid is 139 km away.
Of the 3 cities in Burgos province with an elevation page, Aranda de Duero is the 2nd highest. The others are Burgos (854 m) and Miranda de Ebro (460 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Burgos province is San Millán, at 2,130 m (6,988 ft). It lies 74 km away in a straight line, 1,337 m above Aranda de Duero.
- 8 Aranda de Duero 793 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Aranda de Duero.
What is the elevation of Aranda de Duero, Spain?
Aranda de Duero sits at 793 meters (2,602 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 Aranda de Duero?
Latitude 41.67019 and longitude -3.68969 in decimal degrees (41° 40′ 13″ N · 3° 41′ 23″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 442,587 E and 4,613,389 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Aranda de Duero rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 8th 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, Aranda de Duero or Burgos?
Burgos. Aranda de Duero sits at 793 m and Burgos at 854 m: a difference of 61 m, 75 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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