Elevation of Amposta, Spain
10m
above sea level · 33 ft
Amposta is a city of 23,080 people in Tarragona province, Catalonia, the 10th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 42nd lowest. It’s in the Montsià comarca.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.71° N · 0.58° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 42′ 49″ N · 0° 34′ 51″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 295,664 E · 4,509,769 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Amposta
- INE code 43014
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 23,080 people
- 139 km² municipality · 167 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 9.8 m (32 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 10 m.
Population
Amposta had 23,080 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 10% more than in 2015, when it had 20,952. The municipality covers 139 km², a density of 167 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 10th most populous of the 184 municipalities in Tarragona province, after Tarragona (143,649), home to 2.6% of its people.
It belongs to the Montsià comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 12 municipalities, 72,582 people and 735 km². Amposta is the most populous municipality in the comarca and is home to 32% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Amposta sits 10 m (33 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 Amposta is 203 m below it.
The provincial capital, Tarragona, is 72 km away in a straight line and 40 m higher than Amposta. Madrid is 362 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Reus, 66 km away in a straight line and 110 m higher.
Of the 10 cities in Tarragona province with an elevation page, Amposta is the 3rd lowest. The highest is Valls (213 m) and the lowest, Salou (8 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Tarragona province is Caro, at 1,441 m (4,728 ft). It lies 22 km away in a straight line, 1,431 m above Amposta.
- 233 Amposta 10 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Amposta.
What is the elevation of Amposta, Spain?
Amposta sits at 10 meters (33 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 Amposta?
Latitude 40.71351 and longitude 0.58092 in decimal degrees (40° 42′ 49″ N · 0° 34′ 51″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 295,664 E and 4,509,769 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Amposta rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 42nd 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, Amposta or Tarragona?
Tarragona. Amposta sits at 10 m and Tarragona at 50 m: a difference of 40 m, 72 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is Amposta in?
Montsià, in Tarragona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 12 municipalities and 72,582 people.
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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