Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 1.09× the size of Nuevo León

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region of France) covers about 70,900 km² (27,400 mi²) and Nuevo León (state of Mexico) about 65,000 km² (25,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

70,900km²Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
65,000km²Nuevo León

100 km

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Nuevo León

What fits

Nuevo León is 92% of the size of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is larger by 5,940 km² (2,290 mi²), which is 9.1% of the area of Nuevo León.
Measured in Belgiums: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is about 2.31, Nuevo León about 2.12.

How they differ

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes also has the larger population: 8.2 million against 5.2 million, 1.57× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 115 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes against 80 in Nuevo León: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 1.44× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,050 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes at 46°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Nuevo León at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes as 1.81× the size of Nuevo León instead of 1.09×.
Together Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Nuevo León cover 136,000 km², close to the size of Bangladesh (137,000 km², 0.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 5,940 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Nuevo León's density, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have 5.7 million people (it has 8.2 million). At Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's density, Nuevo León would have 7.5 million (it has 5.2 million).
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes's centre is 20.0° of latitude, about 2,220 km, farther north than Nuevo León'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.
Nuevo León is the 13th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,220 km) north of Nuevo León.
Shared out evenly, each person in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes would have about 8,690 m² and each person in Nuevo León about 12,520 m².
Laid side by side, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Nuevo León would cover 136,000 km², about the same size as Bangladesh.
Together they have 13.4 million people, about as many people as Burundi.

Side by side

	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	Nuevo León
Is a	RegionFrance	StateMexico
Area, measured	70,900 km²27,400 mi²	65,000 km²25,100 mi²
Official area	69,700 km²Wikidata	64,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	4th of 18in France	13th of 32in Mexico
Population	8.2 millionWikidata, 2022	5.2 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	2nd of 18in France	8th of 32in Mexico
Density	115 per km²	80 per km²
Capital	Lyon	Monterrey
Latitude range	44°N to 47°N	23°N to 28°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. 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 64,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 65,000 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.
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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