Centre-Val de Loire is 1.31× the size of Brandenburg

Centre-Val de Loire (region of France) covers about 39,400 km² (15,200 mi²) and Brandenburg (state of Germany) about 30,000 km² (11,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

39,400km²Centre-Val de Loire
30,000km²Brandenburg

50 km

Centre-Val de Loire
Brandenburg

What fits

Brandenburg is 76% of the size of Centre-Val de Loire.
Centre-Val de Loire is larger by 9,320 km² (3,600 mi²), which is 31% of the area of Brandenburg.
Measured in Belgiums: Centre-Val de Loire is about 1.28, Brandenburg about 0.98.

How they differ

Centre-Val de Loire also has the larger population: 2.6 million against 2.5 million, 1.02× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 84 in Brandenburg against 66 in Centre-Val de Loire: Brandenburg is 1.29× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,000 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Centre-Val de Loire at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Brandenburg at 52°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Centre-Val de Loire as 1.06× the size of Brandenburg instead of 1.31×.
Together Centre-Val de Loire and Brandenburg cover 69,400 km², close to the size of Ireland (69,400 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 9,320 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Brandenburg's density, Centre-Val de Loire would have 3.3 million people (it has 2.6 million). At Centre-Val de Loire's density, Brandenburg would have 2.0 million (it has 2.5 million).
Brandenburg's centre is 5.0° of latitude, about 550 km, farther north than Centre-Val de Loire's.
Centre-Val de Loire is the 7th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 6.2% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
Brandenburg is the 5th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 8.4% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
Brandenburg lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 555 km) north of Centre-Val de Loire.
Shared out evenly, each person in Centre-Val de Loire would have about 15,240 m² and each person in Brandenburg about 11,850 m².
Laid side by side, Centre-Val de Loire and Brandenburg would cover 69,400 km², about the same size as Ireland.
Together they have 5.1 million people, about as many people as Nicaragua.

Side by side

	Centre-Val de Loire	Brandenburg
Is a	RegionFrance	StateGermany
Area, measured	39,400 km²15,200 mi²	30,000 km²11,600 mi²
Official area	39,200 km²Wikidata	29,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	7th of 18in France	5th of 16in Germany
Population	2.6 millionWikidata, 2022	2.5 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	12th of 18in France	10th of 16in Germany
Density	66 per km²	84 per km²
Capital	Orléans	Potsdam
Latitude range	46°N to 49°N	51°N to 54°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 39,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 39,400 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 29,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,000 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 Centre-Val de Loire 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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