Spain, satellite image. North is at top. Spain is located in south western Europe. It borders France (shaded) and Andorra to the north and Portugal (shaded) to the west. Spain has a number of island provinces in the Mediterranean. These are the Balearic Islands (centre right). The brown areas are arid rural areas. Spain's capital city Madrid is at centre. The mountain range bordering france (top right) is the Pyrenees.