Elevation of Piélagos, Spain
36m
above sea level · 118 ft
Piélagos is a city of 26,901 people in Cantabria, the 5th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 99th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.36° N · 3.96° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 21′ 22″ N · 3° 57′ 24″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 422,482 E · 4,800,800 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Piélagos
- INE code 39052
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 26,901 people
- 84.3 km² municipality · 319 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 35.8 m (117 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 36 m.
Population
Piélagos had 26,901 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 10% more than in 2015, when it had 24,360. The municipality covers 84.3 km², a density of 319 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 5th most populous of the 102 municipalities in Cantabria, after Santander (175,425), home to 4.5% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Piélagos sits 36 m (118 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 Piélagos is 177 m below it.
The regional capital, Santander, is 17 km away in a straight line and 31 m lower than Piélagos. Madrid is 327 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Torrelavega, 7.6 km away in a straight line and 17 m lower.
Of the 5 cities in Cantabria with an elevation page, Piélagos is the 2nd highest. The others are Camargo (44 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 75 km away in a straight line, 2,581 m above Piélagos.
- 180 Piélagos 36 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Piélagos.
What is the elevation of Piélagos, Spain?
Piélagos sits at 36 meters (118 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 Piélagos?
Latitude 43.35606 and longitude -3.95658 in decimal degrees (43° 21′ 22″ N · 3° 57′ 24″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 422,482 E and 4,800,800 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Piélagos rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 99th 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, Piélagos or Santander?
Piélagos. Piélagos sits at 36 m and Santander at 5 m: a difference of 31 m, 17 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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