Elevation of Salou, Spain
8m
above sea level · 26 ft
Salou is a city of 31,491 people in Tarragona province, Catalonia, the 7th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 34th lowest. It’s in the Tarragonès comarca.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 41.08° N · 1.14° E
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 4′ 55″ N · 1° 8′ 7″ E
- UTM coordinates
- 31T · 343,375 E · 4,549,529 N
- Zone 31 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Salou
- INE code 43905
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 31,491 people
- 15.1 km² municipality · 2,081 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 7.5 m (25 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 8 m.
Population
Salou had 31,491 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 19% more than in 2015, when it had 26,459. The municipality covers 15.1 km², a density of 2,081 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 7th most populous of the 184 municipalities in Tarragona province, after Tarragona (143,649), home to 3.6% of its people.
It belongs to the Tarragonès comarca, one of Catalonia’s official counties according to Idescat: 22 municipalities, 279,928 people and 321 km². Salou is the 2nd most populous (the largest is Tarragona, with 143,649) and is home to 11% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Salou sits 8 m (26 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 Salou is 205 m below it.
The provincial capital, Tarragona, is 11 km away in a straight line and 42 m higher than Salou. Madrid is 413 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Reus, 8.5 km away in a straight line and 112 m higher.
Of the 10 cities in Tarragona province with an elevation page, Salou is the lowest. The highest is Valls (213 m) and the lowest, Salou (8 m).
2 other municipalities in the Tarragonès comarca have a page: Tarragona (50 m) and Vila-seca (41 m). Salou is the lowest of the 3.
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Tarragona province is Caro, at 1,441 m (4,728 ft). It lies 73 km away in a straight line, 1,433 m above Salou.
- 244 Salou 8 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Salou.
What is the elevation of Salou, Spain?
Salou sits at 8 meters (26 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 Salou?
Latitude 41.08195 and longitude 1.13540 in decimal degrees (41° 4′ 55″ N · 1° 8′ 7″ E). In UTM, zone 31: 343,375 E and 4,549,529 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Salou rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 34th 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, Salou or Tarragona?
Tarragona. Salou sits at 8 m and Tarragona at 50 m: a difference of 42 m, 11 km apart in a straight line.
Which comarca is Salou in?
Tarragonès, in Tarragona province (Catalonia). Comarcas are Catalonia’s official counties, between the municipality and the province; this one has 22 municipalities and 279,928 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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