Elevation of San Fernando de Henares, Spain
585m
above sea level · 1,919 ft
San Fernando de Henares is a city of 39,059 people in the Community of Madrid, the 25th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 42nd highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.42° N · 3.54° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 25′ 30″ N · 3° 32′ 7″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 454,603 E · 4,475,067 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- San Fernando de Henares
- INE code 28130
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 39,059 people
- 39.9 km² municipality · 980 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 585 m (1,919 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 585 m.
Population
San Fernando de Henares had 39,059 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 2.8% fewer than in 2015, when it had 40,188. The municipality covers 39.9 km², a density of 980 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 25th most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 0.5% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
San Fernando de Henares sits 585 m (1,919 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 Fernando de Henares is 372 m above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 13 km away in a straight line and 60 m higher than San Fernando de Henares.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Coslada, 2.6 km away in a straight line and 35 m higher.
Of the 37 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, San Fernando de Henares is the 6th 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 59 km away in a straight line, 1,843 m above San Fernando de Henares.
- 42 San Fernando de Henares 585 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of San Fernando de Henares.
What is the elevation of San Fernando de Henares, Spain?
San Fernando de Henares sits at 585 meters (1,919 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 Fernando de Henares?
Latitude 40.42499 and longitude -3.53516 in decimal degrees (40° 25′ 30″ N · 3° 32′ 7″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 454,603 E and 4,475,067 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does San Fernando de Henares rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 42nd 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 Fernando de Henares or Madrid?
Madrid. San Fernando de Henares sits at 585 m and Madrid at 645 m: a difference of 60 m, 13 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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