Populated Places in Spain from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap features for populated places in Spain, including cities, towns, villages, hamlets, and isolated dwellings. The dataset likely contains attributes such as name, place type, population, and location. It is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Map settlement hierarchies based on the 'place' attribute (city, town, village, hamlet, isolated_dwelling).
• Analyze population distribution using the 'population' attribute where available.
• Identify residential land use areas based on the 'landuse' attribute.
• Geocode place names using the 'name', 'name:en', and 'name:es' attributes.

Strengths

• Includes multiple place types, from cities to isolated dwellings.
• Provides multilingual place names (English and Spanish).
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, GEOJSON, KML, SHP).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic or contributor bias inherent to OpenStreetMap.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export from OpenStreetMap based on specific feature tags.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 12:48:42.454007; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Spain