Elevation of Zarautz, Spain
7m
above sea level · 23 ft
Zarautz is a city of 23,496 people in Gipuzkoa province, Basque Country, the 5th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 28th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.29° N · 2.18° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 17′ 7″ N · 2° 10′ 30″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 566,925 E · 4,792,839 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Zarautz
- INE code 20079
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 23,496 people
- 14.4 km² municipality · 1,637 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 5.8 m (19 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 7 m.
Population
Zarautz had 23,496 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 2.2% more than in 2015, when it had 22,988. The municipality covers 14.4 km², a density of 1,637 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 5th most populous of the 88 municipalities in Gipuzkoa province, after San Sebastián (189,866), home to 3.2% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Zarautz sits 7 m (23 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 Zarautz is 206 m below it.
The provincial capital, San Sebastián, is 16 km away in a straight line and 1 m higher than Zarautz. Madrid is 343 km away.
Of the 8 cities in Gipuzkoa province with an elevation page, Zarautz is the 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 38 km away in a straight line, 1,544 m above Zarautz.
- 252 Zarautz 7 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Zarautz.
What is the elevation of Zarautz, Spain?
Zarautz sits at 7 meters (23 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 Zarautz?
Latitude 43.28540 and longitude -2.17509 in decimal degrees (43° 17′ 7″ N · 2° 10′ 30″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 566,925 E and 4,792,839 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Zarautz rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 28th 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, Zarautz or San Sebastián?
San Sebastián. Zarautz sits at 7 m and San Sebastián at 8 m: a difference of 1 m, 16 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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