Elevation of Roses, Spain
2m
above sea level · 7 ft
Roses is a city of 20,365 people in Girona province, Catalonia, the 10th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 2nd lowest. It’s in the Alt Empordà comarca.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.26° N · 3.18° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 15′ 48″ N · 3° 10′ 30″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 514,437 E · 4,679,024 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Roses
- INE code 17152
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 20,365 people
- 46.0 km² municipality · 443 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 2 m (7 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 2 m.
Population
Roses had 20,365 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 4.0% more than in 2015, when it had 19,575. The municipality covers 46.0 km², a density of 443 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 10th most populous of the 221 municipalities in Girona province, after Girona (108,666), home to 2.4% of its people.
It belongs to the Alt Empordà comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 68 municipalities, 149,894 people and 1,359 km². Roses is the 2nd most populous (the largest is Figueres, with 49,689) and is home to 14% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Roses sits 2 m (7 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 Roses is 211 m below it.
The provincial capital, Girona, is 42 km away in a straight line and 66 m higher than Roses. Madrid is 609 km away.
Of the 10 cities in Girona province with an elevation page, Roses is the lowest. The highest is Olot (440 m) and the lowest, Roses (2 m).
One other municipality in the Alt Empordà comarca has a page: Figueres (38 m). Roses is the lowest of the two.
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Girona province is Puigpedrós, at 2,914 m (9,560 ft). It lies 119 km away in a straight line, 2,912 m above Roses.
- 278 Roses 2 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Roses.
What is the elevation of Roses, Spain?
Roses sits at 2 meters (7 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 Roses?
Latitude 42.26328 and longitude 3.17505 in decimal degrees (42° 15′ 48″ N · 3° 10′ 30″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 514,437 E and 4,679,024 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Roses rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 2nd 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, Roses or Girona?
Girona. Roses sits at 2 m and Girona at 68 m: a difference of 66 m, 42 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is Roses in?
Alt Empordà, in Girona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 68 municipalities and 149,894 people.
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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