Elevation of Mondragón, Spain
218m
above sea level · 715 ft
Mondragón is a city of 22,450 people in Gipuzkoa province, Basque Country, the 6th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 94th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.07° N · 2.49° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 3′ 57″ N · 2° 29′ 23″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 541,538 E · 4,768,251 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Arrasate/Mondragón
- INE code 20055
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 22,450 people
- 33.0 km² municipality · 681 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 214 m (702 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 218 m.
Population
Mondragón had 22,450 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 1.8% more than in 2015, when it had 22,055. The municipality covers 33.0 km², a density of 681 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 6th most populous of the 88 municipalities in Gipuzkoa province, after San Sebastián (189,866), home to 3.1% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Mondragón sits 218 m (715 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 Mondragón is 5 m above it.
The provincial capital, San Sebastián, is 50 km away in a straight line and 210 m lower than Mondragón. Madrid is 311 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Vitoria-Gasteiz (Álava), 29 km away in a straight line and 306 m higher.
Of the 8 cities in Gipuzkoa province with an elevation page, Mondragón is the 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 18 km away in a straight line, 1,333 m above Mondragón.
- 94 Mondragón 218 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Mondragón.
What is the elevation of Mondragón, Spain?
Mondragón sits at 218 meters (715 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 Mondragón?
Latitude 43.06583 and longitude -2.48984 in decimal degrees (43° 3′ 57″ N · 2° 29′ 23″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 541,538 E and 4,768,251 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Mondragón rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 94th 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, Mondragón or San Sebastián?
Mondragón. Mondragón sits at 218 m and San Sebastián at 8 m: a difference of 210 m, 50 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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