Elevation of Valle de Egüés, Spain
449m
above sea level · 1,473 ft
Valle de Egüés is a city of 22,825 people in Navarre, the 3rd largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 58th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.81° N · 1.59° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 48′ 41″ N · 1° 35′ 38″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 614,959 E · 4,740,840 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Valle de Egüés/Eguesibar
- INE code 31086
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 22,825 people
- 53.3 km² municipality · 429 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 449.3 m (1,474 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 449 m.
Population
Valle de Egüés had 22,825 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 16% more than in 2015, when it had 19,603. The municipality covers 53.3 km², a density of 429 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 3rd most populous of the 272 municipalities in Navarre, after Pamplona (209,094), home to 3.3% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Valle de Egüés sits 449 m (1,473 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 Valle de Egüés is 236 m above it.
The regional capital, Pamplona, is 4.2 km away in a straight line and 9 m lower than Valle de Egüés. Madrid is 318 km away.
Of the 4 cities in Navarre with an elevation page, Valle de Egüés is the highest. The others are Pamplona (440 m), Burlada (423 m), and Tudela (263 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Navarre is Mesa de los Tres Reyes, at 2,446 m (8,025 ft). It lies 72 km away in a straight line, 1,997 m above Valle de Egüés.
- 58 Valle de Egüés 449 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Valle de Egüés.
What is the elevation of Valle de Egüés, Spain?
Valle de Egüés sits at 449 meters (1,473 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 Valle de Egüés?
Latitude 42.81149 and longitude -1.59391 in decimal degrees (42° 48′ 41″ N · 1° 35′ 38″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 614,959 E and 4,740,840 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Valle de Egüés rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 58th 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, Valle de Egüés or Pamplona?
Valle de Egüés. Valle de Egüés sits at 449 m and Pamplona at 440 m: a difference of 9 m, 4.2 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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