Elevation of Camargo, Spain
44m
above sea level · 144 ft
Camargo is a city of 30,577 people in Cantabria, the 4th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 107th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.42° N · 3.86° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 25′ 25″ N · 3° 51′ 18″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 430,784 E · 4,808,204 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Camargo
- INE code 39016
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 30,577 people
- 37.0 km² municipality · 827 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 44 m (144 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 44 m.
Population
Camargo had 30,577 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 0.6% fewer than in 2015, when it had 30,766. The municipality covers 37.0 km², a density of 827 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 4th most populous of the 102 municipalities in Cantabria, after Santander (175,425), home to 5.1% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Camargo sits 44 m (144 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 Camargo is 169 m below it.
The regional capital, Santander, is 5.6 km away in a straight line and 39 m lower than Camargo. Madrid is 334 km away.
Of the 5 cities in Cantabria with an elevation page, Camargo is the highest. The others are Piélagos (36 m), Torrelavega (19 m), Castro-Urdiales (5 m), and Santander (5 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Cantabria is Torre Blanca, at 2,617 m (8,586 ft). It lies 85 km away in a straight line, 2,573 m above Camargo.
- 171 Camargo 44 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Camargo.
What is the elevation of Camargo, Spain?
Camargo sits at 44 meters (144 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 Camargo?
Latitude 43.42353 and longitude -3.85508 in decimal degrees (43° 25′ 25″ N · 3° 51′ 18″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 430,784 E and 4,808,204 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Camargo rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 107th 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, Camargo or Santander?
Camargo. Camargo sits at 44 m and Santander at 5 m: a difference of 39 m, 5.6 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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