Elevation of Atarfe, Spain
602m
above sea level · 1,975 ft
Atarfe is a city of 20,914 people in Granada province, Andalusia, the 8th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 39th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.22° N · 3.69° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 13′ 22″ N · 3° 41′ 11″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 439,096 E · 4,119,799 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Atarfe
- INE code 18022
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 20,914 people
- 47.3 km² municipality · 443 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 602.3 m (1,976 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 602 m.
Population
Atarfe had 20,914 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 18% more than in 2015, when it had 17,792. The municipality covers 47.3 km², a density of 443 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 8th most populous of the 174 municipalities in Granada province, after Granada (233,975), home to 2.2% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Atarfe sits 602 m (1,975 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 Atarfe is 389 m above it.
The provincial capital, Granada, is 9.5 km away in a straight line and 80 m higher than Atarfe. Madrid is 355 km away.
Of the 10 cities in Granada province with an elevation page, Atarfe is the 4th lowest. 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 38 km away in a straight line, 2,877 m above Atarfe.
- 39 Atarfe 602 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Atarfe.
What is the elevation of Atarfe, Spain?
Atarfe sits at 602 meters (1,975 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 Atarfe?
Latitude 37.22271 and longitude -3.68650 in decimal degrees (37° 13′ 22″ N · 3° 41′ 11″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 439,096 E and 4,119,799 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Atarfe rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 39th 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, Atarfe or Granada?
Granada. Atarfe sits at 602 m and Granada at 682 m: a difference of 80 m, 9.5 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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