Elevation of Loja, Spain
486m
above sea level · 1,594 ft
Loja is a city of 20,951 people in Granada province, Andalusia, the 7th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 54th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.17° N · 4.15° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 9′ 59″ N · 4° 9′ 0″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 397,903 E · 4,113,950 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Loja
- INE code 18122
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 20,951 people
- 447 km² municipality · 47 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 485.6 m (1,593 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 486 m.
Population
Loja had 20,951 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), about the same as in 2015 (20,893). The municipality covers 447 km², a density of 47 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 7th 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
Loja sits 486 m (1,594 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 Loja is 273 m above it.
The provincial capital, Granada, is 49 km away in a straight line and 196 m higher than Loja. Madrid is 364 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Vélez-Málaga (Málaga), 43 km away in a straight line and 441 m lower.
Of the 10 cities in Granada province with an elevation page, Loja is the 3rd 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 75 km away in a straight line, 2,993 m above Loja.
- 54 Loja 486 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Loja.
What is the elevation of Loja, Spain?
Loja sits at 486 meters (1,594 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 Loja?
Latitude 37.16639 and longitude -4.14996 in decimal degrees (37° 9′ 59″ N · 4° 9′ 0″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 397,903 E and 4,113,950 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Loja rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 54th 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, Loja or Granada?
Granada. Loja sits at 486 m and Granada at 682 m: a difference of 196 m, 49 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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