How the crowd draws
31 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s France map, 25 September 2026 to 25 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 2,511 km²969 sq mi | 2,364 km²913 sq mi↓5.9% smaller |
| Outline | 220 km137 mi | 211 km131 mi↓4.1% shorter |
| Centre | 55.53° E, 21.13° S55.5° E, 21.1° S | 55.54° E, 21.13° S55.5° E, 21.1° S↗1 km north-east0 mi north-east |
| Westernmost | 55.22° E, 21.04° S55.2° E, 21.0° S | 55.23° E, 21.08° S55.2° E, 21.1° S→1 km short1 mi short |
| Easternmost | 55.84° E, 21.18° S55.8° E, 21.2° S | 55.82° E, 21.16° S55.8° E, 21.2° S←2 km short1 mi short |
| Southernmost | 55.65° E, 21.39° S55.6° E, 21.4° S | 55.65° E, 21.39° S55.6° E, 21.4° S=the same |
| Northernmost | 55.45° E, 20.87° S55.4° E, 20.9° S | 55.45° E, 20.88° S55.5° E, 20.9° S↓1 km short0 mi short |
Near the coast, 58% run inland.
Coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| The coast | 218 km in the game | 209 km the crowd’s↓4.1% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn France →How it is measured
The crowd’s La Réunion: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside La Réunion 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 31 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.
One small piece of La Réunion, under 1 km², keeps its real shape, shown flat: islands no round asks players to draw, or too small to measure. They count in no figure.
Measuring how far the crowd moves the centre was Matt Forrest’s idea (forrest.nyc).
Draw La Réunion yourself and add your line to the next update.