Region of France
Normandy
Normandy is a region of France. It covers about 30,100 km² (11,600 mi²), the 11th largest of the 18 regions in Natural Earth’s file for France, and about the same size as Lesotho. About 3.3 million people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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- Normandy
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Facts
| Area, measured | 30,100 km²11,600 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 29,900 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of France | 4.7%of the area of the 18 regions |
| Rank by area | 11th of 18regions of France |
| Population | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Density | 111 people per km² |
| Capital | Rouen |
| Latitude range | 48°N to 50°N |
| Type | RegionFR-NOR |
What the numbers say about Normandy
- Normandy covers 4.7% of the area of France and ranks 10th of 18 by population, against 11th by area.
- It would take 21.1 regions the size of Normandy to cover France.
- The largest, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, is 2.82× the size of Normandy; the smallest, Mayotte, is 1.3% of it.
- Closest in size within France: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (31,300 km², 1.04×) and Hauts-de-France (32,000 km², 1.06×).
- Counted as a country, Normandy would be larger than 99 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 141st by area, between Belgium (30,700 km²) and Lesotho (30,100 km²).
- With 3.3 million people it would rank 136th of 238 by population.
- Normandy has 111 people per km², about the density of Slovakia, which has 112 per km².
- That makes Normandy the 11th most densely populated of the 18 regions, 1.04× the average for France (107 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 49°N is drawn about 2.3× too large in area, so Normandy looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Normandy stretches about 210 km north to south and 269 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 29,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,100 km², to within 2%.
About the same size as
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- ChinaAreaHainan89% · 33,800 km²PeopleTibet0.92× · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaMaryland1.18× · 25,500 km²PeopleUtah1.02× · 3.3 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaKerala80% · 37,700 km²PeopleTripura0.91× · 3.7 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBrandenburg1.00× · 30,000 km²PeopleBerlin89% · 3.8 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaSicily (Italy)1.16× · 25,900 km²PeopleTuscany90% · 3.7 million (2019)
- SpainAreaGalicia1.02× · 29,600 km²PeopleGalicia1.24× · 2.7 million (2024)
- JapanAreaIwate1.95× · 15,500 km²PeopleShizuoka0.93× · 3.6 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaAlagoas1.09× · 27,600 km²PeopleRio Grande do Norte1.01× · 3.3 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNova Scotia55% · 55,100 km²PeopleAlberta78% · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleWestern Australia1.11× · 3.0 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaGuanajuato0.99× · 30,400 km²PeopleBaja California1.01× · 3.3 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaChiang Mai1.32× · 22,800 km²PeopleNakhon Ratchasima1.27× · 2.6 million (2020)
Where Normandy ranks
Normandy is the 11th largest of the 18 regions of France.
Compare Normandy
- Baja California vs Normandy
- Rio Grande do Norte vs Normandy
- Guanajuato vs Normandy
- Normandy vs Lesotho
- Belgium vs Normandy
- Netherlands vs Normandy
- Mongolia vs Normandy
- Uruguay vs Normandy
- Nova Scotia vs Normandy
- Hainan vs Normandy
- Normandy vs Alagoas
- Normandy vs Maryland
- Kerala vs Normandy
- Normandy vs Galicia
- Normandy vs Iwate
- Normandy vs Brandenburg
- Normandy vs Sicily (Italy)
- Normandy vs Chiang Mai
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain: the 5 departments of this region in the file, joined along their shared borders.
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2022. France’s units share the 2022 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12