Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 2.22× the size of Catalonia

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region of France) covers about 70,900 km² (27,400 mi²) and Catalonia (autonomous community of Spain) about 32,000 km² (12,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

70,900km²Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
32,000km²Catalonia

100 km

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Catalonia

What fits

Catalonia fits inside Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes about 2.22 times by area.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is larger by 39,000 km² (15,000 mi²), which is 122% of the area of Catalonia.
Measured in Belgiums: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is about 2.31, Catalonia about 1.04.

How they differ

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes also has the larger population: 8.2 million against 8.0 million, 1.02× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 251 in Catalonia against 115 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Catalonia is 2.18× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 479 km apart.
Together Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Catalonia cover 103,000 km², close to the size of Iceland (102,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 39,000 km², is about the size of Bhutan (40,400 km²).
At Catalonia's density, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have 17.8 million people (it has 8.2 million). At Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's density, Catalonia would have 3.7 million (it has 8.0 million).
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's centre is 3.7° of latitude, about 410 km, farther north than Catalonia's.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the 4th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 11% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Catalonia is the 6th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 6.3% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 414 km) north of Catalonia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have about 8,690 m² and each person in Catalonia about 3,980 m².
Laid side by side, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Catalonia would cover 103,000 km², about the same size as Iceland.
Together they have 16.2 million people, 96% as many people as Senegal.

Side by side

	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	Catalonia
Is a	RegionFrance	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	70,900 km²27,400 mi²	32,000 km²12,300 mi²
Official area	69,700 km²Wikidata	31,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	4th of 18in France	6th of 19in Spain
Population	8.2 millionWikidata, 2022	8.0 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	2nd of 18in France	2nd of 19in Spain
Density	115 per km²	251 per km²
Capital	Lyon	Barcelona
Latitude range	44°N to 47°N	41°N to 43°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 69,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,900 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 31,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders. The outline of Catalonia is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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