Elevation of Colmenar Viejo, Spain
2,871ft
above sea level · 875 m
Colmenar Viejo is a city of 58,730 people in the Community of Madrid, the 22nd largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 6th highest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.66° N · 3.77° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 39′ 32″ N · 3° 45′ 58″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 435,234 E · 4,501,165 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Colmenar Viejo
- INE code 28045
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 58,730 people
- 70.5 sq mi municipality · 833 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 2,871 ft (875 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 2,871 ft.
Population
Colmenar Viejo had 58,730 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 23% more than in 2015, when it had 47,601. The municipality covers 70.5 sq mi, a density of 833 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 22nd most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 0.8% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Colmenar Viejo sits 2,871 ft (875 m) above sea level. Of the 153 Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 people, the highest is Ávila, at 3,691 ft, and the lowest is Melilla, at 7 ft. The average is 919 ft, so Colmenar Viejo is 1,952 ft above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 17 mi away in a straight line and 755 ft lower than Colmenar Viejo.
Of the 24 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Colmenar Viejo is the 2nd highest. The highest is Collado Villalba (3,005 ft) and the lowest, Aranjuez (1,627 ft).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in the Community of Madrid is Peñalara, at 7,966 ft (2,428 m). It lies 17 mi away in a straight line, 5,095 ft above Colmenar Viejo.
- 6 Colmenar Viejo 2,871 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Colmenar Viejo.
What is the elevation of Colmenar Viejo, Spain?
Colmenar Viejo sits at 2,871 feet (875 meters) 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 Colmenar Viejo?
Latitude 40.65881 and longitude -3.76615 in decimal degrees (40° 39′ 32″ N · 3° 45′ 58″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 435,234 E and 4,501,165 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Colmenar Viejo rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 6th highest of the 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people. The highest is Ávila (3,691 ft) and the lowest, Melilla (7 ft).
Which is higher, Colmenar Viejo or Madrid?
Colmenar Viejo. Colmenar Viejo sits at 2,871 ft and Madrid at 2,116 ft: a difference of 755 ft, 17 mi 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).
Reviewed October 31, 2026 · Methodology and sources · Spotted a mistake? Let us know