Valencian Community is 1.28× the size of Saxony

Valencian Community (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 23,300 km² (8,980 mi²) and Saxony (state of Germany) about 18,200 km² (7,010 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

23,300km²Valencian Community
18,200km²Saxony

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Valencian Community
Saxony

What fits

Saxony is 78% of the size of Valencian Community.
Valencian Community is larger by 5,100 km² (1,970 mi²), which is 28% of the area of Saxony.
Measured in Belgiums: Valencian Community is about 0.76, Saxony about 0.59.

How they differ

Valencian Community also has the larger population: 5.3 million against 4.1 million, 1.30× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 229 in Valencian Community against 225 in Saxony: Valencian Community is 1.02× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,690 km apart.
On a standard web map Saxony looks larger than Valencian Community: Valencian Community at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Saxony at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Saxony as 1.18× the size of Valencian Community, when Valencian Community is 1.28× the size of Saxony.
Together Valencian Community and Saxony cover 41,400 km², close to the size of Switzerland (41,400 km², 0.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 5,100 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
At Saxony's density, Valencian Community would have 5.2 million people (it has 5.3 million). At Valencian Community's density, Saxony would have 4.2 million (it has 4.1 million).
Saxony's centre is 11.6° of latitude, about 1,300 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.
Saxony is the 10th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 5.1% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
Saxony lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,300 km) north of Valencian Community.
Shared out evenly, each person in Valencian Community would have about 4,380 m² and each person in Saxony about 4,450 m².
Laid side by side, Valencian Community and Saxony would cover 41,400 km², about the same size as Switzerland.
Together they have 9.4 million people, about as many people as Tajikistan.

Side by side

	Valencian Community	Saxony
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	StateGermany
Area, measured	23,300 km²8,980 mi²	18,200 km²7,010 mi²
Official area	23,300 km²Wikidata	18,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	8th of 19in Spain	10th of 16in Germany
Population	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024	4.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	4th of 19in Spain	7th of 16in Germany
Density	229 per km²	225 per km²
Capital	Valencia	Dresden
Latitude range	38°N to 41°N	50°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 18,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 18,200 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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