Elevation of Tolosa, Spain
78m
above sea level · 256 ft
Tolosa is a city of 20,070 people in Gipuzkoa province, Basque Country, the 8th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 135th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.14° N · 2.07° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 8′ 17″ N · 2° 4′ 19″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 575,477 E · 4,776,568 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Tolosa
- INE code 20071
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 20,070 people
- 37.4 km² municipality · 537 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 75 m (246 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 78 m.
Population
Tolosa had 20,070 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 5.0% more than in 2015, when it had 19,113. The municipality covers 37.4 km², a density of 537 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 8th most populous of the 88 municipalities in Gipuzkoa province, after San Sebastián (189,866), home to 2.7% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Tolosa sits 78 m (256 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 Tolosa is 135 m below it.
The provincial capital, San Sebastián, is 22 km away in a straight line and 70 m lower than Tolosa. Madrid is 331 km away.
Of the 8 cities in Gipuzkoa province with an elevation page, Tolosa is the 3rd 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 29 km away in a straight line, 1,473 m above Tolosa.
- 145 Tolosa 78 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Tolosa.
What is the elevation of Tolosa, Spain?
Tolosa sits at 78 meters (256 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 Tolosa?
Latitude 43.13809 and longitude -2.07192 in decimal degrees (43° 8′ 17″ N · 2° 4′ 19″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 575,477 E and 4,776,568 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Tolosa rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 135th 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, Tolosa or San Sebastián?
Tolosa. Tolosa sits at 78 m and San Sebastián at 8 m: a difference of 70 m, 22 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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