Elevation of Armilla, Spain
669m
above sea level · 2,195 ft
Armilla is a city of 25,300 people in Granada province, Andalusia, the 4th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 26th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.14° N · 3.63° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 8′ 34″ N · 3° 37′ 40″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 444,244 E · 4,110,901 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Armilla
- INE code 18021
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 25,300 people
- 4.31 km² municipality · 5,870 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 669 m (2,195 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 669 m.
Population
Armilla had 25,300 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 7.1% more than in 2015, when it had 23,623. The municipality covers 4.31 km², a density of 5,870 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 4th most populous of the 174 municipalities in Granada province, after Granada (233,975), home to 2.7% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Armilla sits 669 m (2,195 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 Armilla is 456 m above it.
The provincial capital, Granada, is 4.3 km away in a straight line and 13 m higher than Armilla. Madrid is 364 km away.
Of the 10 cities in Granada province with an elevation page, Armilla is the 5th highest. The highest is Baza (844 m) and the lowest, Almuñécar (16 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Granada province is Mulhacén, at 3,479 m (11,414 ft). It lies 30 km away in a straight line, 2,810 m above Armilla.
- 26 Armilla 669 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Armilla.
What is the elevation of Armilla, Spain?
Armilla sits at 669 meters (2,195 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 Armilla?
Latitude 37.14282 and longitude -3.62782 in decimal degrees (37° 8′ 34″ N · 3° 37′ 40″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 444,244 E and 4,110,901 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Armilla rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 26th 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, Armilla or Granada?
Granada. Armilla sits at 669 m and Granada at 682 m: a difference of 13 m, 4.3 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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