Molise is 1.75× the size of Réunion (France)
Molise (region of Italy) covers about 4,530 km² (1,750 mi²) and Réunion (France) (overseas region of France) about 2,580 km² (997 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,530km²Molise
- 2,580km²Réunion (France)
20 km
- Molise
- Réunion (France)
What fits
- Réunion (France) is 57% of the size of Molise.
- Molise is larger by 1,940 km² (750 mi²), which is 75% of the area of Réunion (France).
- Measured in Belgiums: Molise is about 0.15, Réunion (France) about 0.08.
How they differ
- Molise is larger, but Réunion (France) has the larger population: 881,000 against 304,000, 2.90× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 341 in Réunion (France) against 67 in Molise: Réunion (France) is 5.08× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,160 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Molise at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Réunion (France) at 21°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Molise as 2.73× the size of Réunion (France) instead of 1.75×.
- Together Molise and Réunion (France) cover 7,110 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 15% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,940 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- At Réunion (France)'s density, Molise would have 1.5 million people (it has 304,000). At Molise's density, Réunion (France) would have 174,000 (it has 881,000).
- Molise's centre is 62.8° of latitude, about 6,980 km, farther north than Réunion (France)'s.
- Molise is the 19th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
- Réunion (France) is the 15th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 0.4% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
- Molise lies about 63° of latitude (roughly 6,980 km) north of Réunion (France), on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Molise would have about 14,870 m² and each person in Réunion (France) about 2,930 m².
- Laid side by side, Molise and Réunion (France) would cover 7,110 km², 1.24× the size of Brunei.
- Together they have 1.2 million people, about as many people as Djibouti.
Side by side
| Molise | Réunion (France) | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | Overseas regionFrance |
| Area, measured | 4,530 km²1,750 mi² | 2,580 km²997 mi² |
| Official area | 4,440 km²Wikidata | 2,510 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 20in Italy | 15th of 18in France |
| Population | 304,000Wikidata, 2019 | 881,000Wikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 20in Italy | 13th of 18in France |
| Density | 67 per km² | 341 per km² |
| Capital | Campobasso | Saint-Denis |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 21°S to 21°S |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,440 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,530 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 2,580 km² is 2.8% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,510 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Molise is the provinces 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