Elevation of Eibar, Spain
131m
above sea level · 430 ft
Eibar is a city of 27,484 people in Gipuzkoa province, Basque Country, the 4th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 118th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.18° N · 2.47° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 11′ 4″ N · 2° 28′ 24″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 542,792 E · 4,781,443 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Eibar
- INE code 20030
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 27,484 people
- 24.8 km² municipality · 1,109 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 119 m (390 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 131 m.
Population
Eibar had 27,484 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), about the same as in 2015 (27,414). The municipality covers 24.8 km², a density of 1,109 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 4th most populous of the 88 municipalities in Gipuzkoa province, after San Sebastián (189,866), home to 3.7% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Eibar sits 131 m (430 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 Eibar is 82 m below it.
The provincial capital, San Sebastián, is 42 km away in a straight line and 123 m lower than Eibar. Madrid is 324 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Bilbao (Bizkaia), 38 km away in a straight line and 124 m lower.
Of the 8 cities in Gipuzkoa province with an elevation page, Eibar is the 2nd highest. The highest is Mondragón (218 m) and the lowest, Zarautz (7 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Gipuzkoa province is Aketegi, at 1,551 m (5,089 ft). It lies 28 km away in a straight line, 1,420 m above Eibar.
- 118 Eibar 131 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Eibar.
What is the elevation of Eibar, Spain?
Eibar sits at 131 meters (430 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 Eibar?
Latitude 43.18454 and longitude -2.47342 in decimal degrees (43° 11′ 4″ N · 2° 28′ 24″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 542,792 E and 4,781,443 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Eibar rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 118th 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, Eibar or San Sebastián?
Eibar. Eibar sits at 131 m and San Sebastián at 8 m: a difference of 123 m, 42 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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