Normandy is 1.32× the size of Chiang Mai
Normandy (region of France) covers about 30,100 km² (11,600 mi²) and Chiang Mai (province of Thailand) about 22,800 km² (8,790 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 30,100km²Normandy
- 22,800km²Chiang Mai
50 km
- Normandy
- Chiang Mai
What fits
- Chiang Mai is 76% of the size of Normandy.
- Normandy is larger by 7,370 km² (2,850 mi²), which is 32% of the area of Chiang Mai.
- Measured in Belgiums: Normandy is about 0.98, Chiang Mai about 0.74.
How they differ
- Normandy also has the larger population: 3.3 million against 1.8 million, 1.87× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 111 in Normandy against 78 in Chiang Mai: Normandy is 1.41× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,050 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Normandy at 49°N is drawn about 2.3× too large and Chiang Mai at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Normandy as 2.77× the size of Chiang Mai instead of 1.32×.
- Together Normandy and Chiang Mai cover 52,900 km², close to the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina (51,800 km², 2.0% smaller).
- The gap between them, 7,370 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
- At Chiang Mai's density, Normandy would have 2.4 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Normandy's density, Chiang Mai would have 2.5 million (it has 1.8 million).
- Normandy's centre is 30.3° of latitude, about 3,370 km, farther north than Chiang Mai's.
- Normandy is the 11th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.7% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Chiang Mai is the largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 4.4% of its area; it is the 64th most densely populated of them.
- Normandy lies about 30° of latitude (roughly 3,370 km) north of Chiang Mai.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Normandy would have about 9,020 m² and each person in Chiang Mai about 12,750 m².
- Laid side by side, Normandy and Chiang Mai would cover 52,900 km², about the same size as Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Together they have 5.1 million people, about as many people as Nicaragua.
Side by side
| Normandy | Chiang Mai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 30,100 km²11,600 mi² | 22,800 km²8,790 mi² |
| Official area | 29,900 km²Wikidata | 22,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 11th of 18in France | 1st of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2022 | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 18in France | 5th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 111 per km² | 78 per km² |
| Capital | Rouen | Chiang Mai |
| Latitude range | 48°N to 50°N | 17°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 29,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,100 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 22,800 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 22,300 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 Normandy 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