Castile and León is 1.12× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Castile and León (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 94,800 km² (36,600 mi²) and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (region of France) about 85,000 km² (32,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

94,800km²Castile and León
85,000km²Nouvelle-Aquitaine

100 km

Castile and León
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

What fits

Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 90% of the size of Castile and León.
Castile and León is larger by 9,790 km² (3,780 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Measured in Belgiums: Castile and León is about 3.09, Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 2.77.

How they differ

Castile and León is larger, but Nouvelle-Aquitaine has the larger population: 6.1 million against 2.4 million, 2.56× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine against 25 in Castile and León: Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 2.85× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 554 km apart.
On a standard web map Nouvelle-Aquitaine looks larger than Castile and León: Castile and León at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Nouvelle-Aquitaine at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Nouvelle-Aquitaine as 1.00× the size of Castile and León, when Castile and León is 1.12× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Together Castile and León and Nouvelle-Aquitaine cover 180,000 km², close to the size of Cambodia (181,000 km², 0.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 9,790 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, Castile and León would have 6.8 million people (it has 2.4 million). At Castile and León's density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 2.1 million (it has 6.1 million).
Nouvelle-Aquitaine's centre is 3.4° of latitude, about 380 km, farther north than Castile and León's.
Castile and León is the largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 19% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 13% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 382 km) north of Castile and León.
Shared out evenly, each person in Castile and León would have about 39,690 m² and each person in Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 13,900 m².
Laid side by side, Castile and León and Nouvelle-Aquitaine would cover 180,000 km², about the same size as Cambodia.
Together they have 8.5 million people, about as many people as Honduras.

Side by side

	Castile and León	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	RegionFrance
Area, measured	94,800 km²36,600 mi²	85,000 km²32,800 mi²
Official area	94,200 km²Wikidata	84,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 19in Spain	1st of 18in France
Population	2.4 millionWikidata, 2024	6.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	6th of 19in Spain	3rd of 18in France
Density	25 per km²	72 per km²
Capital	–	Bordeaux
Latitude range	40°N to 43°N	43°N to 47°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 94,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,800 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 84,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 85,000 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 Castile and León is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders. The outline of Nouvelle-Aquitaine 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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