Extremadura is 1.07× the size of Centre-Val de Loire

Extremadura (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 42,100 km² (16,300 mi²) and Centre-Val de Loire (region of France) about 39,400 km² (15,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

42,100km²Extremadura
39,400km²Centre-Val de Loire

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Extremadura
Centre-Val de Loire

What fits

Centre-Val de Loire is 93% of the size of Extremadura.
Extremadura is larger by 2,750 km² (1,060 mi²), which is 7.0% of the area of Centre-Val de Loire.
Measured in Belgiums: Extremadura is about 1.37, Centre-Val de Loire about 1.28.

How they differ

Extremadura is larger, but Centre-Val de Loire has the larger population: 2.6 million against 1.1 million, 2.45× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 66 in Centre-Val de Loire against 25 in Extremadura: Centre-Val de Loire is 2.62× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,120 km apart.
On a standard web map Centre-Val de Loire looks larger than Extremadura: Extremadura at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Centre-Val de Loire at 47°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Centre-Val de Loire as 1.23× the size of Extremadura, when Extremadura is 1.07× the size of Centre-Val de Loire.
Together Extremadura and Centre-Val de Loire cover 81,500 km², close to the size of Austria (84,000 km², 3.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,750 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
At Centre-Val de Loire's density, Extremadura would have 2.8 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Extremadura's density, Centre-Val de Loire would have 984,000 (it has 2.6 million).
Centre-Val de Loire's centre is 8.3° of latitude, about 920 km, farther north than Extremadura's.
Extremadura is the 5th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 8.3% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
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.
Centre-Val de Loire lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 922 km) north of Extremadura.
Shared out evenly, each person in Extremadura would have about 39,990 m² and each person in Centre-Val de Loire about 15,240 m².
Laid side by side, Extremadura and Centre-Val de Loire would cover 81,500 km², 97% of the size of Austria.
Together they have 3.6 million people, 1.04× as many people as Eritrea.

Side by side

	Extremadura	Centre-Val de Loire
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	RegionFrance
Area, measured	42,100 km²16,300 mi²	39,400 km²15,200 mi²
Official area	41,600 km²Wikidata	39,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	5th of 19in Spain	7th of 18in France
Population	1.1 millionWikidata, 2024	2.6 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	13th of 19in Spain	12th of 18in France
Density	25 per km²	66 per km²
Capital	Mérida	Orléans
Latitude range	38°N to 40°N	46°N to 49°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 41,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,100 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 39,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 39,400 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 Extremadura is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders. 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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