Valencian Community is 1.29× the size of Veneto

Valencian Community (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 23,300 km² (8,980 mi²) and Veneto (region of Italy) about 18,000 km² (6,960 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

23,300km²Valencian Community
18,000km²Veneto

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Valencian Community
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What fits

Veneto is 78% of the size of Valencian Community.
Valencian Community is larger by 5,230 km² (2,020 mi²), which is 29% of the area of Veneto.
Measured in Belgiums: Valencian Community is about 0.76, Veneto about 0.59.

How they differ

Valencian Community also has the larger population: 5.3 million against 4.9 million, 1.08× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 272 in Veneto against 229 in Valencian Community: Veneto is 1.19× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,230 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Valencian Community at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Veneto at 46°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Valencian Community as 1.06× the size of Veneto instead of 1.29×.
Together Valencian Community and Veneto cover 41,300 km², close to the size of Switzerland (41,400 km², 0.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 5,230 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
At Veneto's density, Valencian Community would have 6.3 million people (it has 5.3 million). At Valencian Community's density, Veneto would have 4.1 million (it has 4.9 million).
Veneto's centre is 6.3° of latitude, about 700 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.
Veneto is the 8th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 6.0% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
Veneto lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 696 km) north of Valencian Community.
Shared out evenly, each person in Valencian Community would have about 4,380 m² and each person in Veneto about 3,680 m².
Laid side by side, Valencian Community and Veneto would cover 41,300 km², about the same size as Switzerland.
Together they have 10.2 million people, about as many people as Azerbaijan.

Side by side

	Valencian Community	Veneto
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	RegionItaly
Area, measured	23,300 km²8,980 mi²	18,000 km²6,960 mi²
Official area	23,300 km²Wikidata	18,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	8th of 19in Spain	8th of 20in Italy
Population	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024	4.9 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	4th of 19in Spain	5th of 20in Italy
Density	229 per km²	272 per km²
Capital	Valencia	Venice
Latitude range	38°N to 41°N	45°N to 47°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 18,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 18,000 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 and Veneto 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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