Nuevo León is 2.07× the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Nuevo León (state of Mexico) covers about 65,000 km² (25,100 mi²) and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (region of France) about 31,300 km² (12,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

65,000km²Nuevo León
31,300km²Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

100 km

Nuevo León
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

What fits

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur fits inside Nuevo León about 2.07 times by area.
Nuevo León is larger by 33,600 km² (13,000 mi²), which is 107% of the area of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Measured in Belgiums: Nuevo León is about 2.12, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur about 1.02.

How they differ

Nuevo León also has the larger population: 5.2 million against 5.2 million, 1.00× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 165 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur against 80 in Nuevo León: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is 2.07× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,240 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nuevo León at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur at 44°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Nuevo León as 1.32× the size of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur instead of 2.07×.
Together Nuevo León and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur cover 96,300 km², close to the size of Liberia (95,300 km², 1.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 33,600 km², is about the size of Moldova (33,200 km²).
At Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's density, Nuevo León would have 10.7 million people (it has 5.2 million). At Nuevo León's density, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have 2.5 million (it has 5.2 million).
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's centre is 18.4° of latitude, about 2,040 km, farther north than Nuevo León's.
Nuevo León is the 13th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is the 10th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.9% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 2,040 km) north of Nuevo León.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nuevo León would have about 12,520 m² and each person in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur about 6,060 m².
Laid side by side, Nuevo León and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would cover 96,300 km², about the same size as Liberia.
Together they have 10.4 million people, about as many people as Portugal.

Side by side

	Nuevo León	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Is a	StateMexico	RegionFrance
Area, measured	65,000 km²25,100 mi²	31,300 km²12,100 mi²
Official area	64,200 km²Wikidata	31,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	13th of 32in Mexico	10th of 18in France
Population	5.2 millionWikidata, 2015	5.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	8th of 32in Mexico	7th of 18in France
Density	80 per km²	165 per km²
Capital	Monterrey	Marseille
Latitude range	23°N to 28°N	43°N to 45°N

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 64,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 65,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 31,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 31,300 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 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 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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