Elevation of Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain
5m
above sea level · 16 ft
Vilagarcía de Arousa is a city of 37,888 people in Pontevedra province, Galicia, the 3rd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 14th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.60° N · 8.76° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 35′ 50″ N · 8° 45′ 49″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29T · 519,396 E · 4,716,120 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Vilagarcía de Arousa
- INE code 36060
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 37,888 people
- 44.2 km² municipality · 856 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 5 m (16 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 5 m.
Population
Vilagarcía de Arousa had 37,888 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 1.1% more than in 2015, when it had 37,482. The municipality covers 44.2 km², a density of 856 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 3rd most populous of the 61 municipalities in Pontevedra province, after Vigo (294,489), home to 4.0% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Vilagarcía de Arousa sits 5 m (16 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 Vilagarcía de Arousa is 208 m below it.
The provincial capital, Pontevedra, is 21 km away in a straight line and 12 m higher than Vilagarcía de Arousa. Madrid is 487 km away.
Of the 10 cities in Pontevedra province with an elevation page, Vilagarcía de Arousa is the 4th 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 71 km away in a straight line, 1,175 m above Vilagarcía de Arousa.
- 265 Vilagarcía de Arousa 5 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Vilagarcía de Arousa.
What is the elevation of Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain?
Vilagarcía de Arousa sits at 5 meters (16 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 Vilagarcía de Arousa?
Latitude 42.59726 and longitude -8.76357 in decimal degrees (42° 35′ 50″ N · 8° 45′ 49″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 519,396 E and 4,716,120 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Vilagarcía de Arousa rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 14th 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, Vilagarcía de Arousa or Pontevedra?
Pontevedra. Vilagarcía de Arousa sits at 5 m and Pontevedra at 17 m: a difference of 12 m, 21 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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