Elevation of Isla Cristina, Spain
3m
above sea level · 10 ft
Isla Cristina is a city of 21,525 people in Huelva province, Andalusia, the 7th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 3rd lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.20° N · 7.33° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 11′ 58″ N · 7° 19′ 30″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29S · 648,645 E · 4,118,310 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Isla Cristina
- INE code 21042
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 21,525 people
- 49.4 km² municipality · 436 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 3 m (10 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 3 m.
Population
Isla Cristina had 21,525 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 1.6% more than in 2015, when it had 21,193. The municipality covers 49.4 km², a density of 436 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 7th most populous of the 80 municipalities in Huelva province, after Huelva (143,215), home to 4.0% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Isla Cristina sits 3 m (10 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 Isla Cristina is 210 m below it.
The provincial capital, Huelva, is 34 km away in a straight line and 5 m higher than Isla Cristina. Madrid is 477 km away.
Of the 8 cities in Huelva province with an elevation page, Isla Cristina is the lowest. The highest is Almonte (72 m) and the lowest, Isla Cristina (3 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Huelva province is Cumbre de los Bonales, at 1,053 m (3,455 ft). It lies 126 km away in a straight line, 1,050 m above Isla Cristina.
- 276 Isla Cristina 3 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Isla Cristina.
What is the elevation of Isla Cristina, Spain?
Isla Cristina sits at 3 meters (10 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 Isla Cristina?
Latitude 37.19943 and longitude -7.32506 in decimal degrees (37° 11′ 58″ N · 7° 19′ 30″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 648,645 E and 4,118,310 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Isla Cristina rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 3rd 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, Isla Cristina or Huelva?
Huelva. Isla Cristina sits at 3 m and Huelva at 8 m: a difference of 5 m, 34 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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