Valencian Community is 1.11× the size of Hesse

Valencian Community (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 23,300 km² (8,980 mi²) and Hesse (state of Germany) about 21,000 km² (8,110 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

23,300km²Valencian Community
21,000km²Hesse

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Valencian Community
Hesse

What fits

Hesse is 90% of the size of Valencian Community.
Valencian Community is larger by 2,250 km² (870 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Hesse.
Measured in Belgiums: Valencian Community is about 0.76, Hesse about 0.69.

How they differ

Valencian Community is larger, but Hesse has the larger population: 6.2 million against 5.3 million, 1.17× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 295 in Hesse against 229 in Valencian Community: Hesse is 1.29× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,450 km apart.
On a standard web map Hesse looks larger than Valencian Community: Valencian Community at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Hesse at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Hesse as 1.34× the size of Valencian Community, when Valencian Community is 1.11× the size of Hesse.
Together Valencian Community and Hesse cover 44,300 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 3.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,250 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Hesse's density, Valencian Community would have 6.9 million people (it has 5.3 million). At Valencian Community's density, Hesse would have 4.8 million (it has 6.2 million).
Hesse's centre is 11.2° of latitude, about 1,250 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.
Hesse is the 7th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 5.9% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Hesse lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,250 km) north of Valencian Community.
Shared out evenly, each person in Valencian Community would have about 4,380 m² and each person in Hesse about 3,390 m².
Laid side by side, Valencian Community and Hesse would cover 44,300 km², 97% of the size of Estonia.
Together they have 11.5 million people, about as many people as Tunisia.

Side by side

	Valencian Community	Hesse
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	StateGermany
Area, measured	23,300 km²8,980 mi²	21,000 km²8,110 mi²
Official area	23,300 km²Wikidata	21,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	8th of 19in Spain	7th of 16in Germany
Population	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024	6.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	4th of 19in Spain	5th of 16in Germany
Density	229 per km²	295 per km²
Capital	Valencia	Wiesbaden
Latitude range	38°N to 41°N	49°N to 52°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. 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 21,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 21,000 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 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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