Elevation of Errenteria, Spain
21m
above sea level · 69 ft
Errenteria is a city of 39,363 people in Gipuzkoa province, Basque Country, the 3rd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 70th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.31° N · 1.90° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 18′ 46″ N · 1° 53′ 56″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 589,303 E · 4,796,128 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Errenteria
- INE code 20067
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 39,363 people
- 32.3 km² municipality · 1,220 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 6 m (20 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 21 m.
Population
Errenteria had 39,363 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), about the same as in 2015 (39,276). The municipality covers 32.3 km², a density of 1,220 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 3rd most populous of the 88 municipalities in Gipuzkoa province, after San Sebastián (189,866), home to 5.4% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Errenteria sits 21 m (69 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 Errenteria is 192 m below it.
The provincial capital, San Sebastián, is 7.1 km away in a straight line and 13 m lower than Errenteria. Madrid is 354 km away.
Of the 8 cities in Gipuzkoa province with an elevation page, Errenteria is the 3rd lowest. 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 53 km away in a straight line, 1,530 m above Errenteria.
- 210 Errenteria 21 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Errenteria.
What is the elevation of Errenteria, Spain?
Errenteria sits at 21 meters (69 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 Errenteria?
Latitude 43.31269 and longitude -1.89877 in decimal degrees (43° 18′ 46″ N · 1° 53′ 56″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 589,303 E and 4,796,128 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Errenteria rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 70th 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, Errenteria or San Sebastián?
Errenteria. Errenteria sits at 21 m and San Sebastián at 8 m: a difference of 13 m, 7.1 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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