Elevation of Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain
4m
above sea level · 13 ft
Sant Feliu de Guíxols is a city of 23,141 people in Girona province, Catalonia, the 8th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 8th lowest. It’s in the Baix Empordà comarca.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.78° N · 3.03° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 46′ 49″ N · 3° 1′ 45″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 502,413 E · 4,625,377 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Sant Feliu de Guíxols
- INE code 17160
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 23,141 people
- 15.9 km² municipality · 1,454 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 4 m (13 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 4 m.
Population
Sant Feliu de Guíxols had 23,141 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 7.2% more than in 2015, when it had 21,586. The municipality covers 15.9 km², a density of 1,454 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 8th most populous of the 221 municipalities in Girona province, after Girona (108,666), home to 2.8% of its people.
It belongs to the Baix Empordà comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 36 municipalities, 145,131 people and 702 km². Sant Feliu de Guíxols is the 2nd most populous (the largest is Palafrugell, with 24,543) and is home to 16% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Sant Feliu de Guíxols sits 4 m (13 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 Sant Feliu de Guíxols is 209 m below it.
The provincial capital, Girona, is 28 km away in a straight line and 64 m higher than Sant Feliu de Guíxols. Madrid is 583 km away.
Of the 10 cities in Girona province with an elevation page, Sant Feliu de Guíxols is the 2nd lowest. The highest is Olot (440 m) and the lowest, Roses (2 m).
One other municipality in the Baix Empordà comarca has a page: Palafrugell (53 m). Sant Feliu de Guíxols 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 131 km away in a straight line, 2,910 m above Sant Feliu de Guíxols.
- 272 Sant Feliu de Guíxols 4 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Sant Feliu de Guíxols.
What is the elevation of Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain?
Sant Feliu de Guíxols sits at 4 meters (13 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 Sant Feliu de Guíxols?
Latitude 41.78024 and longitude 3.02903 in decimal degrees (41° 46′ 49″ N · 3° 1′ 45″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 502,413 E and 4,625,377 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Sant Feliu de Guíxols rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 8th 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, Sant Feliu de Guíxols or Girona?
Girona. Sant Feliu de Guíxols sits at 4 m and Girona at 68 m: a difference of 64 m, 28 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is Sant Feliu de Guíxols in?
Baix Empordà, in Girona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 36 municipalities and 145,131 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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