Elevation of San Martín de la Vega, Spain
514m
above sea level · 1,686 ft
San Martín de la Vega is a city of 21,010 people in the Community of Madrid, the 36th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 49th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.21° N · 3.57° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 12′ 28″ N · 3° 34′ 7″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 451,612 E · 4,450,981 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- San Martín de la Vega
- INE code 28132
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 21,010 people
- 106 km² municipality · 198 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 514 m (1,686 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 514 m.
Population
San Martín de la Vega had 21,010 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 12% more than in 2015, when it had 18,835. The municipality covers 106 km², a density of 198 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 36th most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 0.3% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
San Martín de la Vega sits 514 m (1,686 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 Martín de la Vega is 301 m above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 26 km away in a straight line and 131 m higher than San Martín de la Vega.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Valdemoro, 9.4 km away in a straight line and 89 m higher.
Of the 37 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, San Martín de la Vega is the 2nd 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 79 km away in a straight line, 1,914 m above San Martín de la Vega.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of San Martín de la Vega.
What is the elevation of San Martín de la Vega, Spain?
San Martín de la Vega sits at 514 meters (1,686 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 Martín de la Vega?
Latitude 40.20784 and longitude -3.56860 in decimal degrees (40° 12′ 28″ N · 3° 34′ 7″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 451,612 E and 4,450,981 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does San Martín de la Vega rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 49th 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 Martín de la Vega or Madrid?
Madrid. San Martín de la Vega sits at 514 m and Madrid at 645 m: a difference of 131 m, 26 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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