How the crowd draws

40 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s France map, 25 September 2026 to 25 October 2026.

RealThe crowd’s

In numbers

Last updated on 27 October 2026

	The real one	The crowd’s
Area	4,793 km²1,851 sq mi	4,463 km²1,723 sq mi6.9% smaller
Outline	541 km336 mi	408 km254 mi24.5% shorter
Centre	4.17° E, 45.73° N4.2° E, 45.7° N	4.20° E, 45.72° N4.2° E, 45.7° N3 km east2 mi east
Westernmost	3.69° E, 45.79° N3.7° E, 45.8° N	3.76° E, 45.98° N3.8° E, 46.0° N6 km short3 mi short
Easternmost	4.76° E, 45.44° N4.8° E, 45.4° N	4.75° E, 45.49° N4.8° E, 45.5° N1 km short0 mi short
Southernmost	4.51° E, 45.23° N4.5° E, 45.2° N	4.36° E, 45.27° N4.4° E, 45.3° N5 km short3 mi short
Northernmost	3.90° E, 46.28° N3.9° E, 46.3° N	4.10° E, 46.20° N4.1° E, 46.2° N8 km short5 mi short

Near the land border, 52% of the crowd’s lines run inside Loire.

Borders

7 neighbours

Border with	In the game	The crowd’s
Rhône	185 km in the game	146 km the crowd’s21.1% shorter
Haute-Loire	101 km in the game	65 km the crowd’s35.6% shorter
Puy-de-Dôme	95 km in the game	77 km the crowd’s18.9% shorter
Saône-et-Loire	70 km in the game	65 km the crowd’s7.1% shorter
Allier	65 km in the game	39 km the crowd’s40.0% shorter
Ardèche	38 km in the game	26 km the crowd’s31.6% shorter
Isère	11 km in the game	7 km the crowd’s36.4% shorter

How it is measured

The crowd’s Loire: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Loire or outside it; the median over a short stretch is where the crowd puts the line there, and the real outline moved by it is the crowd’s. Where the move folds a narrow inlet over itself, the loop is cut.

The 40 drawings that scored 10 or more on Borderline’s France map, scribbles left out, the real line the game’s own. Area true to scale; the outline copies the real line’s detail, so its length changes only where the shape moves or a loop is cut.

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