Elevation of Marín, Spain
4m
above sea level · 13 ft
Marín is a city of 23,991 people in Pontevedra province, Galicia, the 6th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 8th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.39° N · 8.70° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 23′ 34″ N · 8° 41′ 56″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29T · 524,776 E · 4,693,437 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Marín
- INE code 36026
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 23,991 people
- 36.4 km² municipality · 659 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 3.9 m (13 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 4 m.
Population
Marín had 23,991 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 4.4% fewer than in 2015, when it had 25,084. The municipality covers 36.4 km², a density of 659 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 6th most populous of the 61 municipalities in Pontevedra province, after Vigo (294,489), home to 2.5% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Marín sits 4 m (13 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 Marín is 209 m below it.
The provincial capital, Pontevedra, is 6.1 km away in a straight line and 13 m higher than Marín. Madrid is 472 km away.
Of the 10 cities in Pontevedra province with an elevation page, Marín is the 3rd 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 70 km away in a straight line, 1,176 m above Marín.
- 271 Marín 4 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Marín.
What is the elevation of Marín, Spain?
Marín sits at 4 meters (13 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 Marín?
Latitude 42.39283 and longitude -8.69898 in decimal degrees (42° 23′ 34″ N · 8° 41′ 56″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 524,776 E and 4,693,437 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Marín rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 8th 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, Marín or Pontevedra?
Pontevedra. Marín sits at 4 m and Pontevedra at 17 m: a difference of 13 m, 6.1 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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