Nova Scotia is 1.40× the size of Centre-Val de Loire

Nova Scotia (province of Canada) covers about 55,100 km² (21,300 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.

55,100km²Nova Scotia
39,400km²Centre-Val de Loire

100 km

Nova Scotia
Centre-Val de Loire

What fits

Centre-Val de Loire is 71% of the size of Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia is larger by 15,800 km² (6,080 mi²), which is 40% of the area of Centre-Val de Loire.
Measured in Belgiums: Nova Scotia is about 1.80, Centre-Val de Loire about 1.28.

How they differ

Nova Scotia is larger, but Centre-Val de Loire has the larger population: 2.6 million against 969,000, 2.66× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 66 in Centre-Val de Loire against 18 in Nova Scotia: Centre-Val de Loire is 3.73× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,850 km apart.
Together Nova Scotia and Centre-Val de Loire cover 94,500 km², close to the size of Liberia (95,300 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 15,800 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
At Centre-Val de Loire's density, Nova Scotia would have 3.6 million people (it has 969,000). At Nova Scotia's density, Centre-Val de Loire would have 692,000 (it has 2.6 million).
Centre-Val de Loire's centre is 2.3° of latitude, about 260 km, farther north than Nova Scotia's.
Nova Scotia is the 12th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 2nd 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 2° of latitude (roughly 258 km) north of Nova Scotia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nova Scotia would have about 56,850 m² and each person in Centre-Val de Loire about 15,240 m².
Laid side by side, Nova Scotia and Centre-Val de Loire would cover 94,500 km², about the same size as Liberia.
Together they have 3.6 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.

Side by side

	Nova Scotia	Centre-Val de Loire
Is a	ProvinceCanada	RegionFrance
Area, measured	55,100 km²21,300 mi²	39,400 km²15,200 mi²
Official area	55,300 km²Wikidata	39,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 13in Canada	7th of 18in France
Population	969,000Wikidata, 2021	2.6 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	7th of 13in Canada	12th of 18in France
Density	18 per km²	66 per km²
Capital	Halifax	Orléans
Latitude range	43°N to 47°N	46°N to 49°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 55,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 55,100 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 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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