Centre-Val de Loire is 1.06× the size of Netherlands

Centre-Val de Loire (region of France) covers about 39,400 km² (15,200 mi²) and Netherlands (Europe) about 37,100 km² (14,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

39,400km²Centre-Val de Loire
37,100km²Netherlands

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Centre-Val de Loire
Netherlands

What fits

Netherlands is 94% of the size of Centre-Val de Loire.
Centre-Val de Loire is larger by 2,250 km² (869 mi²), which is 6.1% of the area of Netherlands.
Measured in Belgiums: Centre-Val de Loire is about 1.28, Netherlands about 1.21.

How they differ

Centre-Val de Loire is larger, but Netherlands has the larger population: 17.9 million against 2.6 million, 6.95× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 480 in Netherlands against 66 in Centre-Val de Loire: Netherlands is 7.31× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 601 km apart.
On a standard web map Netherlands looks larger than Centre-Val de Loire: Centre-Val de Loire at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Netherlands at 52°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Netherlands as 1.15× the size of Centre-Val de Loire, when Centre-Val de Loire is 1.06× the size of Netherlands.
Together Centre-Val de Loire and Netherlands cover 76,500 km², close to the size of Serbia (77,600 km², 1.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,250 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Netherlands's density, Centre-Val de Loire would have 18.9 million people (it has 2.6 million). At Centre-Val de Loire's density, Netherlands would have 2.5 million (it has 17.9 million).
Netherlands's centre is 4.8° of latitude, about 530 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.
Netherlands ranks 137th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Netherlands lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 532 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 Netherlands about 2,080 m².
Laid side by side, Centre-Val de Loire and Netherlands would cover 76,500 km², about the same size as Serbia.
Together they have 20.5 million people, about as many people as Kazakhstan.
Counted as a country, Centre-Val de Loire would rank 136th by area and 143rd by population.

Side by side

	Centre-Val de Loire	Netherlands
Is a	RegionFrance	CountryEurope
Area, measured	39,400 km²15,200 mi²	37,100 km²14,300 mi²
Official area	39,200 km²Wikidata	37,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	7th of 18in France	136th of 239worldwide
Population	2.6 millionWikidata, 2022	17.9 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	12th of 18in France	67th of 237worldwide
Density	66 per km²	480 per km²
Capital	Orléans	Amsterdam
Latitude range	46°N to 49°N	51°N to 54°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. 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 37,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 37,400 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 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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