Elevation of Calahorra, Spain
346m
above sea level · 1,135 ft
Calahorra is a city of 25,367 people in La Rioja, the 2nd largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 65th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.30° N · 1.97° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 18′ 13″ N · 1° 57′ 55″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 585,293 E · 4,684,005 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Calahorra
- INE code 26036
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 25,367 people
- 93.6 km² municipality · 271 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 346 m (1,135 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 346 m.
Population
Calahorra had 25,367 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 5.9% more than in 2015, when it had 23,955. The municipality covers 93.6 km², a density of 271 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 2nd most populous of the 174 municipalities in La Rioja, after Logroño (152,150), home to 7.8% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Calahorra sits 346 m (1,135 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 Calahorra is 133 m above it.
The regional capital, Logroño, is 43 km away in a straight line and 35 m higher than Calahorra. Madrid is 254 km away.
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in La Rioja is Cerro de San Lorenzo, at 2,271 m (7,451 ft). It lies 83 km away in a straight line, 1,925 m above Calahorra.
- 65 Calahorra 346 m
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What people most often ask about the elevation of Calahorra.
What is the elevation of Calahorra, Spain?
Calahorra sits at 346 meters (1,135 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 Calahorra?
Latitude 42.30361 and longitude -1.96518 in decimal degrees (42° 18′ 13″ N · 1° 57′ 55″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 585,293 E and 4,684,005 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Calahorra rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 65th 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, Calahorra or Logroño?
Logroño. Calahorra sits at 346 m and Logroño at 381 m: a difference of 35 m, 43 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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