Elevation of San Andrés del Rabanedo, Spain
833m
above sea level · 2,733 ft
San Andrés del Rabanedo is a city of 29,944 people in León province, Castile and León, the 3rd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 7th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.61° N · 5.60° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 36′ 26″ N · 5° 36′ 18″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 286,325 E · 4,720,481 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- San Andrés del Rabanedo
- INE code 24142
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 29,944 people
- 64.8 km² municipality · 462 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 833 m (2,733 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 833 m.
Population
San Andrés del Rabanedo had 29,944 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 5.7% fewer than in 2015, when it had 31,745. The municipality covers 64.8 km², a density of 462 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 3rd most populous of the 211 municipalities in León province, after León (123,446), home to 6.7% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
San Andrés del Rabanedo sits 833 m (2,733 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 San Andrés del Rabanedo is 620 m above it.
The provincial capital, León, is 2.7 km away in a straight line and 3 m lower than San Andrés del Rabanedo. Madrid is 291 km away.
Of the 3 cities in León province with an elevation page, San Andrés del Rabanedo is the highest. The others are León (830 m) and Ponferrada (543 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in León province is Torre Cerredo, at 2,649 m (8,691 ft). It lies 90 km away in a straight line, 1,816 m above San Andrés del Rabanedo.
- 7 San Andrés del Rabanedo 833 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of San Andrés del Rabanedo.
What is the elevation of San Andrés del Rabanedo, Spain?
San Andrés del Rabanedo sits at 833 meters (2,733 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 San Andrés del Rabanedo?
Latitude 42.60715 and longitude -5.60490 in decimal degrees (42° 36′ 26″ N · 5° 36′ 18″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 286,325 E and 4,720,481 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does San Andrés del Rabanedo rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 7th 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, San Andrés del Rabanedo or León?
San Andrés del Rabanedo. San Andrés del Rabanedo sits at 833 m and León at 830 m: a difference of 3 m, 2.7 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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