Elevation of Mejorada del Campo, Spain
572m
above sea level · 1,877 ft
Mejorada del Campo is a city of 25,049 people in the Community of Madrid, the 33rd largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 45th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.40° N · 3.48° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 23′ 46″ N · 3° 29′ 5″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 458,868 E · 4,471,832 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Mejorada del Campo
- INE code 28084
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 25,049 people
- 17.2 km² municipality · 1,455 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 573.2 m (1,881 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 572 m.
Population
Mejorada del Campo had 25,049 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 9.4% more than in 2015, when it had 22,902. The municipality covers 17.2 km², a density of 1,455 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 33rd most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 0.4% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Mejorada del Campo sits 572 m (1,877 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 Mejorada del Campo is 359 m above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 18 km away in a straight line and 73 m higher than Mejorada del Campo.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Torrejón de Ardoz, 7.0 km away in a straight line and 14 m higher.
Of the 37 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Mejorada del Campo is the 4th lowest. The highest is Collado Villalba (916 m) and the lowest, Aranjuez (496 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in the Community of Madrid is Peñalara, at 2,428 m (7,966 ft). It lies 64 km away in a straight line, 1,856 m above Mejorada del Campo.
- 45 Mejorada del Campo 572 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Mejorada del Campo.
What is the elevation of Mejorada del Campo, Spain?
Mejorada del Campo sits at 572 meters (1,877 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 Mejorada del Campo?
Latitude 40.39607 and longitude -3.48468 in decimal degrees (40° 23′ 46″ N · 3° 29′ 5″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 458,868 E and 4,471,832 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Mejorada del Campo rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 45th 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, Mejorada del Campo or Madrid?
Madrid. Mejorada del Campo sits at 572 m and Madrid at 645 m: a difference of 73 m, 18 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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