West Virginia is 1.31× the size of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

West Virginia (state of the United States) covers about 62,700 km² (24,200 mi²) and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (region of France) about 48,000 km² (18,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

62,700km²West Virginia
48,000km²Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

100 km

West Virginia
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

What fits

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is 77% of the size of West Virginia.
West Virginia is larger by 14,700 km² (5,690 mi²), which is 31% of the area of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Measured in Belgiums: West Virginia is about 2.05, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté about 1.56.

How they differ

West Virginia is larger, but Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has the larger population: 2.8 million against 1.8 million, 1.56× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 58 in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté against 29 in West Virginia: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is 2.04× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,670 km apart.
On a standard web map Bourgogne-Franche-Comté looks larger than West Virginia: West Virginia at 39°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté at 47°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Bourgogne-Franche-Comté as 1.01× the size of West Virginia, when West Virginia is 1.31× the size of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Together West Virginia and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté cover 111,000 km², close to the size of Cuba (110,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 14,700 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
At Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's density, West Virginia would have 3.7 million people (it has 1.8 million). At West Virginia's density, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would have 1.4 million (it has 2.8 million).
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's centre is 8.6° of latitude, about 960 km, farther north than West Virginia's.
West Virginia is the 41st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is the 6th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 7.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 955 km) north of West Virginia.
Shared out evenly, each person in West Virginia would have about 34,980 m² and each person in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté about 17,120 m².
Laid side by side, West Virginia and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would cover 111,000 km², about the same size as Cuba.
Together they have 4.6 million people, about as many people as Panama.

Side by side

	West Virginia	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Is a	StateUnited States	RegionFrance
Area, measured	62,700 km²24,200 mi²	48,000 km²18,500 mi²
Official area	62,800 km²Wikidata	47,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	41st of 51in the United States	6th of 18in France
Population	1.8 millionWikidata, 2020	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	39th of 51in the United States	11th of 18in France
Density	29 per km²	58 per km²
Capital	Charleston	Dijon; Besançon
Latitude range	37°N to 41°N	46°N to 48°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 62,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 62,700 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 47,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,000 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 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 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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