Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 1.02× the size of Ireland

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region of France) covers about 70,900 km² (27,400 mi²) and Ireland (Europe) about 69,400 km² (26,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

70,900km²Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
69,400km²Ireland

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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ireland

What fits

Ireland is 98% of the size of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is larger by 1,480 km² (570 mi²), which is 2.1% of the area of Ireland.
Measured in Belgiums: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is about 2.31, Ireland about 2.26.

How they differ

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes also has the larger population: 8.2 million against 5.1 million, 1.59× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 115 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes against 74 in Ireland: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 1.55× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,250 km apart.
On a standard web map Ireland looks larger than Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes at 46°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Ireland at 53°N about 2.8×, so the map shows Ireland as 1.34× the size of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, when Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 1.02× the size of Ireland.
Together Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Ireland cover 140,000 km², close to the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km², 1.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,480 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Ireland's density, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have 5.3 million people (it has 8.2 million). At Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's density, Ireland would have 8.0 million (it has 5.1 million).
Ireland's centre is 7.6° of latitude, about 850 km, farther north than Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes'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.
Ireland ranks 123rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
Ireland lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 851 km) north of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Shared out evenly, each person in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have about 8,690 m² and each person in Ireland about 13,490 m².
Laid side by side, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Ireland would cover 140,000 km², about the same size as Tajikistan.
Together they have 13.3 million people, about as many people as Burundi.
Counted as a country, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would rank 121st by area and 101st by population.

Side by side

	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	Ireland
Is a	RegionFrance	CountryEurope
Area, measured	70,900 km²27,400 mi²	69,400 km²26,800 mi²
Official area	69,700 km²Wikidata	69,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	4th of 18in France	122nd of 239worldwide
Population	8.2 millionWikidata, 2022	5.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	2nd of 18in France	123rd of 237worldwide
Density	115 per km²	74 per km²
Capital	Lyon	Dublin
Latitude range	44°N to 47°N	51°N to 55°N

Population: Wikidata 2022. 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 69,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 69,400 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain. The outline of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the departments 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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