Valencian Community is 1.03× the size of Emilia-Romagna

Valencian Community (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 23,300 km² (8,980 mi²) and Emilia-Romagna (region of Italy) about 22,500 km² (8,690 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

23,300km²Valencian Community
22,500km²Emilia-Romagna

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Valencian Community
Emilia-Romagna

What fits

Emilia-Romagna is 97% of the size of Valencian Community.
Valencian Community is larger by 758 km² (293 mi²), which is 3.4% of the area of Emilia-Romagna.
Measured in Belgiums: Valencian Community is about 0.76, Emilia-Romagna about 0.73.

How they differ

Valencian Community also has the larger population: 5.3 million against 4.5 million, 1.19× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 229 in Valencian Community against 198 in Emilia-Romagna: Valencian Community is 1.15× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,110 km apart.
On a standard web map Emilia-Romagna looks larger than Valencian Community: Valencian Community at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Emilia-Romagna at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Emilia-Romagna as 1.14× the size of Valencian Community, when Valencian Community is 1.03× the size of Emilia-Romagna.
Together Valencian Community and Emilia-Romagna cover 45,800 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 758 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
At Emilia-Romagna's density, Valencian Community would have 4.6 million people (it has 5.3 million). At Valencian Community's density, Emilia-Romagna would have 5.1 million (it has 4.5 million).
Emilia-Romagna's centre is 5.1° of latitude, about 570 km, farther north than Valencian Community's.
Valencian Community is the 8th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 4.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
Emilia-Romagna is the 6th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 7.5% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Emilia-Romagna lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 571 km) north of Valencian Community.
Shared out evenly, each person in Valencian Community would have about 4,380 m² and each person in Emilia-Romagna about 5,050 m².
Laid side by side, Valencian Community and Emilia-Romagna would cover 45,800 km², about the same size as Estonia.
Together they have 9.8 million people, about as many people as the United Arab Emirates.

Side by side

	Valencian Community	Emilia-Romagna
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	RegionItaly
Area, measured	23,300 km²8,980 mi²	22,500 km²8,690 mi²
Official area	23,300 km²Wikidata	22,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	8th of 19in Spain	6th of 20in Italy
Population	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024	4.5 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	4th of 19in Spain	6th of 20in Italy
Density	229 per km²	198 per km²
Capital	Valencia	Bologna
Latitude range	38°N to 41°N	44°N to 45°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 23,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,300 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 22,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 22,500 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 Valencian Community and Emilia-Romagna 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

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