Elevation of Cangas, Spain
3m
above sea level · 10 ft
Cangas is a city of 26,711 people in Pontevedra province, Galicia, the 5th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 3rd lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.26° N · 8.78° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 15′ 50″ N · 8° 46′ 49″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29T · 518,131 E · 4,679,086 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Cangas
- INE code 36008
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 26,711 people
- 38.1 km² municipality · 701 people/km²
Population
Cangas had 26,711 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 0.7% more than in 2015, when it had 26,520. The municipality covers 38.1 km², a density of 701 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 5th most populous of the 61 municipalities in Pontevedra province, after Vigo (294,489), home to 2.8% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Cangas sits 3 m (10 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 Cangas is 210 m below it.
The provincial capital, Pontevedra, is 22 km away in a straight line and 14 m higher than Cangas. Madrid is 472 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Vigo, 5.4 km away in a straight line and 57 m higher.
Of the 10 cities in Pontevedra province with an elevation page, Cangas is the lowest. The highest is Lalín (534 m) and the lowest, Redondela (3 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Pontevedra province is O Faro, at 1,180 m (3,871 ft). It lies 83 km away in a straight line, 1,177 m above Cangas.
- 274 Cangas 3 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Cangas.
What is the elevation of Cangas, Spain?
Cangas sits at 3 meters (10 feet) above sea level. That’s the ground height in the IGN’s MDT05 terrain model at the town’s reference point in the national gazetteer, because the published figure for this town didn’t match the terrain.
What are the coordinates of Cangas?
Latitude 42.26377 and longitude -8.78016 in decimal degrees (42° 15′ 50″ N · 8° 46′ 49″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 518,131 E and 4,679,086 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Cangas rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 3rd lowest 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, Cangas or Pontevedra?
Pontevedra. Cangas sits at 3 m and Pontevedra at 17 m: a difference of 14 m, 22 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 · MDT05 at the gazetteer point (NGMEP) The town’s reference point and its ground height in the terrain model, because the official figure for this town didn’t match the terrain. 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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